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CVE-2006-3501

17
FAUCET Score

CVE-2006-3501 describes an integer overflow vulnerability in ImageIO affecting Apple Mac OS X 10.4.7 and Mac OS X Server. This flaw allows user-assisted attackers to trigger a denial of service (application crash) and potentially execute arbitrary code through a specially crafted Radiance image. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.1, indicating a medium severity with network-based attacks requiring high attack complexity, leading to partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage, suggesting it is not widely targeted.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
10.4.7CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.4.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
10.4.7CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.4.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

5.1MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
HIGH
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
4.9
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.64%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
84.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0264 is in the 75th percentile among its peer group of 19,958 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 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

lists.apple.com / archives/security-announce/2006//Aug/msg00000.html
secunia.com / advisories/21253
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/28143
kb.cert.org / vuls/id/172244
US Government Resource
osvdb.org / 27740
securityfocus.com / bid/19289
us-cert.gov / cas/techalerts/TA06-214A.html
US Government Resource
vupen.com / english/advisories/2006/3101