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CVE-2006-5836

HIGH CVSS: 7.2 Published: 2006-11-10 Modified: 2026-06-16

Description

The fpathconf syscall function in bsd/kern/kern_descrip.c in the Darwin kernel (XNU) 8.8.1 in Apple Mac OS X allows local users to cause a denial of service (kernel panic) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a file descriptor with an unrecognized file type.

Affected Platforms

Opendarwin Darwin Kernel

Weakness Type

NVD-CWE-Other

References