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CVE-2006-3496

Status: ModifiedMedium (5)—

AFP Server in Apple Mac OS X 10.3.9 and 10.4.7 allows remote attackers to cause denial of service (crash) via an invalid AFP request that triggers an unchecked error condition.

CVSS

Exploitation probability (EPSS)

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).

Affected technologies (2)

Apple — MAC OS XApple — MAC OS X Server

CWEs

References

Raw JSON (NVD)

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