CVE-2006-5084: Skype Technologies Skype

High severity, CVSS 7.5. EPSS: 16.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Affected products

• Skype Technologies Skype: up to and including 1.5.0.79

Published 2006-09-29. Last modified 2026-06-16.