CVE-2006-6173

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.

References

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30569

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0930

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4762

http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-072A.html

http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1017751

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21349

http://securitytracker.com/id?1017306

http://secunia.com/advisories/24479

http://secunia.com/advisories/23120

http://projects.info-pull.com/mokb/MOKB-28-11-2006.html

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/Mar/msg00002.html

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305214

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Risk Information

CVSS v2

CVSS v3