CVE-2006-6173

Apple Mac OS X < 10.4.6 - Buffer Overflow

Title source: rule

Description

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.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC VERIFIED

by LMH · clocalosx

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/29201

View Code ZIP pw:eip

References (12)

[Vendor Advisory] http://secunia.com/advisories/23120

[Various Sources] http://projects.info-pull.com/mokb/MOKB-28-11-2006.html

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30569

[US Government Resource] http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-072A.html

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21349

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://securitytracker.com/id?1017306

[Mailing List] http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/Mar/msg00002.html

[Vendor Advisory] http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305214

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1017751

[Third Party Advisory] http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0930

[Third Party Advisory] http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4762

[Third Party Advisory] http://secunia.com/advisories/24479

Scores

EPSS 0.0031

EPSS Percentile 54.5%

Details

Status published

Products (1)

apple/mac_os_x < 10.4.6

Published Nov 30, 2006

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026