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CVE-2006-6173

HIGH · CVSS 7.2 EPSS 1.26%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2006-11-30 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a high severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 7.2. See the original NVD description below for full technical details.

CVE
CVE-2006-6173
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
7.2
EPSS
1.26%

Original NVD 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.