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CVE-2006-6173

CVE-2006-6173

EPSS 1.2%
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 products
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public PoCs found — 1
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References
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305214http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/Mar/msg00002.htmlhttp://projects.info-pull.com/mokb/MOKB-28-11-2006.htmlhttp://secunia.com/advisories/23120http://secunia.com/advisories/24479http://securitytracker.com/id?1017306https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30569http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21349http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1017751http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-072A.htmlhttp://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4762http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0930