CVE-2006-6127
LOW · CVSS 2.1EPSS 0.5%EU EUVD
Apple Mac OS X kernel allows local users to cause a denial of service via a process that uses kevent to register a queue and an event, then fork a child process that uses kevent to register an event for the same queue as the parent.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 2.1 (v2.0)
- Severity
- LOW
- CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P- EPSS score
- 0.5% (43th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2006-6110)
- Published
- November 27, 2006
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2006-6110 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://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307041
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/Nov/msg00002.html
- http://projects.info-pull.com/mokb/MOKB-24-11-2006.html(Exploit)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23114
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27643
- http://www.osvdb.org/30695
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21285(Exploit)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26444
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-319A.html(US Government Resource)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4715
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3868
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30544
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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