CVE-2006-6062

Public Exploit

Description

Unspecified vulnerability in Apple Mac OS X 10.4.8, and possibly other versions, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a malformed UDTO HFS+ disk image, such as with "bad sectors," which triggers memory corruption.

5.1

CVSS

Severity: Medium

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 16.66% Top 10%

Vendor Advisory apple.com Vendor Advisory info-pull.com Vendor Advisory secunia.com

Affected: n/a n/a

References

Link	Tags
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21236	vdb entry
http://www.osvdb.org/30510	vdb entry
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30463	vdb entry
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-072A.html	third party advisory us government resource
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/Mar/msg00002.html	vendor advisory
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305214
http://projects.info-pull.com/mokb/MOKB-21-11-2006.html	vendor advisory exploit
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1017751	vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/23012	third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4629	vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/23062	third party advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0930	vdb entry
http://securitytracker.com/id?1017260	vdb entry
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4653	vdb entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21201	vdb entry exploit
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30440	vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/24479	third party advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2006-6062?: CVE-2006-6062 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2006-6062?: To fix CVE-2006-6062, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2006-6062 being actively exploited in the wild?: It is possible that CVE-2006-6062 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~17% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.

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