CVE-2006-5084

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Summary

CVECVE-2006-5084
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2006-09-29 00:07:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionFormat string vulnerability in the NSRunAlertPanel function in eBay Skype for Mac 1.5.*.79 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a malformed Skype URL, as originally reported to involve a null dereference.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 7.5 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-20 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Skype Technologies Skype All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
US-CERT Vulnerability Note VU#202604 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.kb.cert.org US Government Resource
Skype URI Argument Handling Format String Vulnerability - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Skype Technologies Skype NSRunAlertPanel Remote Format String Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
www.security-protocols.com/modules.php af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.security-protocols.com
SKYPE-SB/2006-002: Improper handling of URI arguments af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.skype.com
Skype 1.5.0.79 Format String Vulnerability (Null Pointer) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security-protocols.com
SecurityTracker.com Archives - Skype URI Handler Format String Bug Lets Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 securitytracker.com
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com Vendor Advisory
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