CVE-2006-1982: Apple Mac OS X

High severity, CVSS 7.5. EPSS: 19.9% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Heap-based buffer overflow in the LZWDecodeVector function in Mac OS X before 10.4.6, as used in applications that use ImageIO or AppKit, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted TIFF images.

Affected products

• Apple Mac OS X: version 10.3 only; version 10.3.1 only; version 10.3.2 only; version 10.3.3 only; version 10.3.4 only; version 10.3.5 only; …
• Apple Mac OS X Server: version 10.3 only; version 10.3.1 only; version 10.3.2 only; version 10.3.3 only; version 10.3.4 only; version 10.3.5 only; …

Published 2006-04-21. Last modified 2026-06-16.