CVE-2006-6173

HighCVSS 7.2/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 7.2/10AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published
Nov 30, 2006
Last modified
Jun 16, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-2006-6173: High severity, CVSS 7.2 | Vulnix