CVE-2006-3497
Unspecified vulnerability in the "compression state handling" in Bom for Apple Mac OS X 10.3.9...
Unspecified vulnerability in the "compression state handling" in Bom for Apple Mac OS X 10.3.9 and 10.4.7 allows user-assisted attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted Zip archive.
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
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Unspecified vulnerability in the "compression state handling" in Bom for Apple Mac OS X 10.3.9 and 10.4.7 allows user-assisted attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted Zip archive.
- Record
CVE-2006-3497- CVSS 2.0
- 5.1 Medium
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P - Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Unspecified vulnerability in the "compression state handling" in Bom for Apple Mac OS X 10.3.9 and 10.4.7 allows user-assisted attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted Zip archive.
- Record
CVE-2006-3497- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2006-3492 No score
Unspecified vulnerability in the "compression state handling" in Bom for Apple Mac OS X 10.3.9 and 10.4.7 allows user-assisted attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted Zip archive.
- Record
EUVD-2006-3492- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-pjhw-5rg4-96r4 No score
Unspecified vulnerability in the "compression state handling" in Bom for Apple Mac OS X 10.3.9...
Unspecified vulnerability in the "compression state handling" in Bom for Apple Mac OS X 10.3.9 and 10.4.7 allows user-assisted attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted Zip archive.
- Record
GHSA-pjhw-5rg4-96r4- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2006-3497 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.1) in Apple Mac Os X, published August 2, 2006. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 3.93%, the 90th percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2006//Aug/msg00000.html
kb.cert.org/vuls/id/514740
vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3101
secunia.com/advisories/21253
osvdb.org/27735
securityfocus.com/bid/19289
us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-214A.html
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-3497
github.com/advisories/GHSA-pjhw-5rg4-96r4