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CVE-2006-1449

21
FAUCET Score

CVE-2006-1449 describes an integer overflow vulnerability in Apple Mail for Mac OS X versions 10.3.9 and 10.4.6. This flaw allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by sending a specially crafted MacMIME encapsulated attachment. With a CVSS score of 7.5, this vulnerability is considered highly severe, requiring no authentication and having low attack complexity, potentially leading to partial compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
10.3.9CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.3.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
10.4.6CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.4.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

7.5HIGH

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

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
5.34%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
91.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0534 is in the 86th percentile among its peer group of 51,553 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

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

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

lists.apple.com / archives/security-announce/2006/May/msg00003.html
Patch
secunia.com / advisories/20077
securitytracker.com / id
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/26417
osvdb.org / 25593
securityfocus.com / bid/17951
us-cert.gov / cas/techalerts/TA06-132A.html
US Government Resource
vupen.com / english/advisories/2006/1779