{
    "id": "CVE-2006-6173",
    "published": "2006-11-30 16:28:00",
    "last_modified": "2026-06-16 22:32:37",
    "cvss_score": "7.2",
    "cvss_severity": "HIGH",
    "cvss_version": "2.0",
    "cvss_vector": "AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C",
    "cwe": null,
    "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.",
    "epss_score": "0.01288",
    "epss_percentile": "0.69394",
    "kev": 0,
    "kev_due": null,
    "has_exploit": 1,
    "updated_at": "2026-10-11 18:17:05",
    "priority": {
        "rank": 2,
        "label": "Patch early",
        "why": "A public exploit exists."
    },
    "products": [
        {
            "vendor": "apple",
            "product": "mac_os_x"
        }
    ],
    "kev_detail": null,
    "exploits": [
        {
            "source": "exploit-db",
            "ref_id": "29201",
            "title": "Apple Mac OSX 10.4.x - 'Shared_Region_Make_Private_Np' Kernel Function Local Memory Corruption",
            "date": "2006-11-29",
            "url": "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/29201"
        }
    ],
    "refs_list": [
        "http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305214",
        "http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/Mar/msg00002.html",
        "http://projects.info-pull.com/mokb/MOKB-28-11-2006.html",
        "http://secunia.com/advisories/23120",
        "http://secunia.com/advisories/24479",
        "http://securitytracker.com/id?1017306",
        "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21349",
        "http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1017751",
        "http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-072A.html",
        "http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4762",
        "http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0930",
        "https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30569",
        "http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305214",
        "http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/Mar/msg00002.html",
        "http://projects.info-pull.com/mokb/MOKB-28-11-2006.html",
        "http://secunia.com/advisories/23120",
        "http://secunia.com/advisories/24479",
        "http://securitytracker.com/id?1017306",
        "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21349",
        "http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1017751",
        "http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-072A.html",
        "http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4762",
        "http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0930",
        "https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30569"
    ]
}