Mac OS X syscall DoS
Published:		20.01.2007
Source:		BUGTRAQ
SecurityVulns ID:		7074
Type:		local
Level:		5/10
Description:		Arguments of shared_region_map_file_np() syscall are not checking, making it's possible to exhaust all available memory.

Affected:		APPLE : Mac OS X 10.4
CVE:		CVE-2007-0430 (The shared_region_map_file_np function in Apple Mac OS X 10.4.8 and earlier kernel allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a large mappingCount value.)

Original document

RISE Security, [RISE-2007001] Apple Mac OS X 10.4.x kernel shared_region_map_file_np() memory corruption vulnerability (20.01.2007)

Files:		Exploits Mac OS X 10.4.x kernel shared_region_map_file_np() memory exhaustion
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