CVE-2006-6061
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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 9.3 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- EPSS score
- 10.3% (96th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2006-6044)
- Published
- November 22, 2006
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2006-6044 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- apple / mac os x
- apple / mac os x server
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(Exploit, Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23012(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24479
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1017260
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/367424(US Government Resource)
- http://www.matasano.com/log/633/alastair-houghton-debunks-lmh-mokb-finding/
- http://www.osvdb.org/30509
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21201(Exploit)
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1017751
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-072A.html(US Government Resource)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4629
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0930
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30440
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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