{"id":"CVE-2006-1220","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2006-1220","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T20:42:06.145Z","title":"Integer overflow in the mach_msg_send function in the kernel for Mac OS X might allow local users to execute arbitrary code via unknown attack vectors related to a large message header size, which leads to a heap-based buffer overflow.","description":"Integer overflow in the mach_msg_send function in the kernel for Mac OS X might allow local users to execute arbitrary code via unknown attack vectors related to a large message header size, which leads to a heap-based buffer overflow.","published":"2006-03-14T02:02:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-16T22:22:15.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"2.0","score":4.6,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P"},"cwe":[],"affected":["apple/mac os x","apple/mac os x server"],"epss":{"score":0.00574,"percentile":0.47143,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"low","text":"Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.57%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://www.felinemenace.org/~nemo/","tags":["Exploit"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.osvdb.org/28453","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17056","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.felinemenace.org/~nemo/","tags":["Exploit"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.osvdb.org/28453","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17056","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-1220","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}