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CVE-2006-6173

HIGH CVSS: 7.2 Published: 2006-11-30 Modified: 2026-06-16

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.

Affected Platforms

Apple Mac Os X

Weakness Type

NVD-CWE-Other

References