CVE-2006-5084 - CVE House
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Status published High CVE-2006-5084

Format string vulnerability in the NSRunAlertPanel function in eBay Skype...

Vulnerability 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.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

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Affected Vendor

skype technologies

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Affected Software

skype
Vulnerable Versions:
0

Timeline

Official Publish: September 29th, 2006
Last Modified: August 7th, 2024
Added to House: July 18th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.