CVE-2006-6061

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 10.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2006-11-22 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

com.apple.AppleDiskImageController in Apple Mac OS X 10.4.8, and possibly other versions, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a malformed DMG image that triggers memory corruption. NOTE: the severity of this issue has been disputed by a third party, who states that the impact is limited to a denial of service (kernel panic) due to a vm_fault call with a non-aligned address.

Affected products

macOS: 10.4.8
Apple Mac Os X Server: 10.4.8

References

http://alastairs-place.net/2006/11/dmg-vulnerability/
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305214
http://kernelfun.blogspot.com/2006/11/more-mokb-20-11-2006-related-news.html
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/Mar/msg00002.html
http://projects.info-pull.com/mokb/MOKB-20-11-2006.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/23012
http://secunia.com/advisories/24479
http://securitytracker.com/id?1017260
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/367424
http://www.matasano.com/log/633/alastair-houghton-debunks-lmh-mokb-finding/
http://www.osvdb.org/30509
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21201

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