com.apple.AppleDiskImageController in Apple Mac OS X 10.4.8, and possibly other versions, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a malformed DMG image that triggers memory corruption. NOTE: the severity of this issue has been disputed by a third party, who states that the impact is limited to a denial of service (kernel panic) due to a vm_fault call with a non-aligned address.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2006-6061 is rated High Exploit Risk (87/100): CVSS Critical severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 37.59%, 97th percentile). Core evidence: 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.
Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.
| EDB-ID | Source | Kind | Published | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | nvd_ref | exploit_tag | Exploit-DB ↗ | |
| — | nvd_ref | exploit_tag | Exploit-DB ↗ |
EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).
| # | Date | Old EPSS score | New EPSS score | Delta (New - Old) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2025-07-11 | 36.75% | 37.59% | +0.85% |
| 2 | 2025-05-19 | 43.03% | 36.75% | -6.28% |
| 3 | 2025-03-30 | — | 43.03% | — |
Full EPSS history (12 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9.3 | 2.0 | HIGH |
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8.6 | 10.0 | [email protected] |
| vendor | priority | summary | link |
|---|---|---|---|
alpine
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— | CVE-2006-6061: no source package rows; 0 state rows across 0 repos (none); fixed 0, open 0. | https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2006-6061 |
| Vendor | Product | Version | Raw CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| apple | mac_os_x | 10.4.8 | cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.4.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| apple | mac_os_x_server | 10.4.8 | cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.4.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |