CVE-2006-3498: Apple Mac OS X

High severity, CVSS 10.0. EPSS: 7.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Stack-based buffer overflow in bootpd in the DHCP component for Apple Mac OS X 10.3.9 and 10.4.7 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted BOOTP request.

Affected products

• Apple Mac OS X: version 10.3.9 only; version 10.4.7 only
• Apple Mac OS X Server: version 10.3.9 only; version 10.4.7 only

Published 2006-08-02. Last modified 2026-06-16.