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title: "CVE-2006-6015\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2006-6015

Publication date 21 November 2006

Last updated 24 July 2024

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Ubuntu priority

**Negligible**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## 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.

[Read the notes from the security team](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2006-6015?format=md#notes)

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| kdebase | 7.04 feisty | Ignored |
| 6.10 edgy | Ignored |
| 6.06 LTS dapper | Ignored |

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* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)

## Notes

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### [kees](https://launchpad.net/~kees)

This is a browser crash, but is not exploitable. Most simple crashes
are not treated as security vulnerabilities for client applications.

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-6015)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-6015)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2006-6015)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2006-6015)

### Other references

* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2006-6015>