Vulnerability in Apple Mac Os X
CVE-2006-6173
Buffer overflow in the shared_region_make_private_np function in vm/vm_unix.c in Mac OS X 10.4.6 and earlier allows local users to execute arbitrary code via (1) a small range count, which causes insufficient memory allocation, or (2) a large number of ranges in the shared_region_make_private_np_args parameter.
EPSS: 0.013 (66.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
Affected products
- Apple Mac_os_x
- N/a — versions n/a
References
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_SECUNIA, Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_MISC)
- cve@mitre.org (vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF)
- cve@mitre.org (US Government Resource, x_refsource_CERT, third-party-advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
- cve@mitre.org (vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK)
- cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_APPLE)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM)
- cve@mitre.org (vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK)
- cve@mitre.org (vdb-entry, x_refsource_VUPEN)