CVE-2006-6015

macOS 10.4 - Denial of Service via JavaScript Regular Expression exec Method

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2006-6015. PoCs published by jbh_cg.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This exploit leverages a JavaScript regular expression vulnerability in Apple Safari to trigger a denial-of-service (DoS) condition by causing excessive memory consumption during regex execution. The PoC demonstrates a crash but does not confirm remote code execution.

Description

Buffer overflow in the JavaScript implementation in Safari on Apple Mac OS X 10.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a long argument to the exec method of a regular expression.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC VERIFIED
by jbh_cg · htmldososx
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/29007

This exploit leverages a JavaScript regular expression vulnerability in Apple Safari to trigger a denial-of-service (DoS) condition by causing excessive memory consumption during regex execution. The PoC demonstrates a crash but does not confirm remote code execution.

Classification
Working Poc 90%
Attack Type
Dos
Complexity
Trivial
Reliability
Reliable
Target: Apple Safari 2.0.4
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Victim must visit a malicious webpage or execute the JavaScript code
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

References (3)

Core 3
Core References
Exploit vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21053
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry mailing-list x_refsource_bugtraq
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/451823/100/0/threaded
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry mailing-list x_refsource_bugtraq
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/451542/100/0/threaded

Scores

EPSS 0.0369
EPSS Percentile 88.3%

Details

Status published
Products (1)
apple/mac_os_x 10.4
Published Nov 21, 2006
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026