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National Vulnerability Database

National Vulnerability Database

NVD

National Vulnerability Database
  1. Vulnerabilities

CVE-2006-1984 Detail

Current Description

Unspecified vulnerability in the _cg_TIFFSetField function in Mac OS X 10.4.6 and earlier, as used in applications that use ImageIO or AppKit, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted TIFF image that triggers a null dereference.


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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2006/May/msg00003.html CVE, MITRE Patch 
http://secunia.com/advisories/19686 CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/20077 CVE, MITRE Patch  Vendor Advisory 
http://www.security-protocols.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=3233 CVE, MITRE
http://www.security-protocols.com/sp-x29-advisory.php CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17634 CVE, MITRE Exploit 
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17951 CVE, MITRE
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-132A.html CVE, MITRE Patch  Third Party Advisory  US Government Resource 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1452 CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1779 CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/25950 CVE, MITRE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
NVD-CWE-noinfo Insufficient Information cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2006-1984
NVD Published Date:
04/21/2006
NVD Last Modified:
04/02/2025
Source:
MITRE