CVE-2006-3501

Status: ModifiedMedium (5.1)—

Integer overflow in ImageIO for Apple Mac OS X 10.4.7 allows user-assisted attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted Radiance image.

CVSS

Version: 2.0
Vector: AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Base score: 5.1

Exploitation probability (EPSS)

Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 2.69%
Percentile among all scored CVEs: 85
Score date: 10/7/2026

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 X Apple — MAC OS X Server

CWEs

NVD-CWE-Other

References

Raw JSON (NVD)

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