CVE-2006-5084
HIGH · CVSS 7.5EPSS 16.4%EU EUVD
Format 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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 7.5 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-20
- EPSS score
- 16.4% (97th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2006-5069)
- Published
- September 29, 2006
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2006-5069 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- skype technologies / skype
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22185/
- http://security-protocols.com/vids/skype_osx_0day.htm
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1016966
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/202604(US Government Resource)
- http://www.security-protocols.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=3259
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20218
- http://www.skype.com/security/skype-sb-2006-002.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3895(Vendor Advisory)
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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