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CVE-2006-6015

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2006-6015 describes a buffer overflow vulnerability in the JavaScript implementation of Apple Safari on Mac OS X 10.4. This flaw allows remote attackers to trigger a denial of service by providing a lengthy argument to the regular expression exec method, causing the application to crash. With a CVSS score of 5.0, it is a medium-severity vulnerability that can be exploited remotely with low complexity, resulting in a partial impact on availability. While not listed in CISA's KEV catalog or the Hot List, an exploit for this vulnerability is available on ExploitDB, though there is no evidence of active exploitation or significant community discussion.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
10.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
4.05%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
89.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-29007 · Nov 14, 2006
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0405 is in the 86th percentile among its peer group of 23,725 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, 0.0 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

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2006-6015

CVE-2006-6015

References

securityfocus.com / archive/1/451542/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / archive/1/451823/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / bid/21053
Exploit