CVE Catalog

CVE-2006-1455

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

A vulnerability in QuickTime Streaming Server on Apple Mac OS X 10.3.9 and 10.4.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash and connection interruption) by sending a QuickTime movie with a missing track, triggering a null pointer dereference.

Risk Assessment

An attacker can remotely crash the server, disrupting media streaming and making the service unavailable to users.

Recommendation

Update the system to a newer macOS version that includes a fix for this vulnerability, or apply the appropriate security patches from Apple.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

QuickTime Streaming Server in Apple Mac OS X 10.3.9 and 10.4.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash and connection interruption) via a QuickTime movie with a missing track, which triggers a null dereference.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS