CVE - CVE-2006-6173

CVE-ID
CVE-2006-6173	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
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
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APPLE:APPLE-SA-2007-03-13 URL:http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/Mar/msg00002.html BID:21349 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21349 CERT:TA07-072A URL:http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-072A.html CONFIRM:http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305214 MISC:http://projects.info-pull.com/mokb/MOKB-28-11-2006.html SECTRACK:1017306 URL:http://securitytracker.com/id?1017306 SECTRACK:1017751 URL:http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1017751 SECUNIA:23120 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/23120 SECUNIA:24479 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/24479 VUPEN:ADV-2006-4762 URL:~~http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4762~~ (Obsolete source) VUPEN:ADV-2007-0930 URL:~~http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0930~~ (Obsolete source) XF:macos-sharedregion-privilege-escalation(30569) URL:https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30569
Assigning CNA
MITRE Corporation
Date Record Created
20061130	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20061130)
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Proposed (Legacy)
N/A
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