CVE-2006-6173 Memory corruption in n/a

What is CVE-2006-6173?

CVE-2006-6173 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Apple Mac Os X, published on 30 Nov 2006. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official 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.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2006-6173?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Apple Mac Os X.

How do I fix CVE-2006-6173?

No fix has been published for CVE-2006-6173 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.

Is CVE-2006-6173 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2006-6173 exists.

Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-j4xr-39pg-fhj5.