CVE-2006-5084

Description

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.

References

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3895

http://www.skype.com/security/skype-sb-2006-002.html

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20218

http://www.security-protocols.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=3259

http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/202604

http://securitytracker.com/id?1016966

http://security-protocols.com/vids/skype_osx_0day.htm

http://secunia.com/advisories/22185/

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Risk Information

CVSS v2

CVSS v3