FKIE_CVE-2006-5836
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2006-11-10 01:07 - Updated: 2026-06-16 22:31
Severity
Summary
The fpathconf syscall function in bsd/kern/kern_descrip.c in the Darwin kernel (XNU) 8.8.1 in Apple Mac OS X allows local users to cause a denial of service (kernel panic) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a file descriptor with an unrecognized file type.
References
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| opendarwin | darwin_kernel | 8.8.1 |
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