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CVE-2006-6173
Published: Nov 30, 2006
Modified: Aug 7, 2024
PUBLISHED
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.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
n/a | n/a | affected n/a |
References
23120
third-party-advisory
x_refsource_SECUNIA
http://projects.info-pull.com/mokb/MOKB-28-11-2006.html
x_refsource_MISC
macos-sharedregion-privilege-escalation(30569)
vdb-entry
x_refsource_XF
TA07-072A
third-party-advisory
x_refsource_CERT
21349
vdb-entry
x_refsource_BID
1017306
vdb-entry
x_refsource_SECTRACK
APPLE-SA-2007-03-13
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_APPLE
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305214
x_refsource_CONFIRM
1017751
vdb-entry
x_refsource_SECTRACK
ADV-2007-0930
vdb-entry
x_refsource_VUPEN
ADV-2006-4762
vdb-entry
x_refsource_VUPEN
24479
third-party-advisory
x_refsource_SECUNIA
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