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CVE-2006-1552

17
FAUCET Score

CVE-2006-1552 describes an integer overflow vulnerability in Apple's ImageIO framework, affecting Mac OS X versions up to 10.4.5 and Safari. This flaw allows remote attackers to trigger a denial of service (crash) by presenting a specially crafted JPEG image with malformed metadata. With a CVSS score of 5.0, this vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network without authentication, leading to system unavailability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this decade-old vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apple:safari:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apple:safari:1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apple:safari:1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.2.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apple:safari:1.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.2.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apple:safari:1.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

5.0MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
4.36%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
90.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0436 is in the 87th percentile among its peer group of 23,701 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

drunkenblog.com / drunkenblog-archives/000760.html
lists.apple.com / archives/security-announce/2006/May/msg00003.html
Patch
secunia.com / advisories/20077
PatchVendor Advisory
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/26412
osvdb.org / 25597
securityfocus.com / bid/17321
securityfocus.com / bid/17951
us-cert.gov / cas/techalerts/TA06-132A.html
PatchThird Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
vupen.com / english/advisories/2006/1779
Vendor Advisory