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Fencer Vulns
low 2.1

CVE-2006-6127 json

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…

published 2006-11-27 19 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2006-6110

cvss
2.1
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.5%
EPSS 0.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 42%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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.

Exploit prediction

0.50% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 42% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • securityfocus.com http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21285 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • projects.info-pull.com http://projects.info-pull.com/mokb/MOKB-24-11-2006.html referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 2.1 AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

References

Sources

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