High 9.0Published Dec 19, 2006

CVE-2006-6652Buffer overflow in the glob implementation (glob.c) in libc in NetBSD-current before 20050914, NetBSD 2.* and 3.* before 20061203, and Apple Mac OS X before 2007-004, as used by the FTP daemon and tn…

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Buffer overflow in the glob implementation (glob.c) in libc in NetBSD-current before 20050914, NetBSD 2.* and 3.* before 20061203, and Apple Mac OS X before 2007-004, as used by the FTP daemon and tnftpd, allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code via a long pathname that results from path expansion.

CVSS: 9.0 HIGH (v2.0, NVD)AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weakness (CWE): CWE-119
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by: Not given
NVD analysis: Modified
Record last updated: Jun 16, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Nov 1, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

apple mac_os_x apple:mac_os_x	10.0; 10.0.1; 10.0.2; 10.0.3; 10.0.4; 10.1; 10.1.1; 10.1.2; and 33 more ranges	NVD
netbsd netbsd netbsd:netbsd	2.0; 2.1; 3.0; 3.1	NVD

References

References

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305391	vendor-advisory
http://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/security/advisories/NetBSD-SA2006-027.txt.asc	patch, vendor-advisory
http://lists.apple.com/archives/Security-announce/2007/Apr/msg00001.html	vendor-advisory
http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2006-December/051009.html	mailing-list, third-party-advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/23178	third-party-advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24966	third-party-advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1017386	patch, third-party-advisory, vdb-entry
http://www.osvdb.org/31781	broken-link
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21377	third-party-advisory, vdb-entry
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-109A.html	third-party-advisory, us-government-resource
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