CVE-2006-5972

Severity

99%

Complexity

99%

Confidentiality

165%

Stack-based buffer overflow in WG111v2.SYS in NetGear WG111v2 wireless adapter (USB) allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long 802.11 beacon request.

Stack-based buffer overflow in WG111v2.SYS in NetGear WG111v2 wireless adapter (USB) allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long 802.11 beacon request.

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 9.9. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C).

Overview

Type

NetGear WG111v2

First reported 18 years ago

2006-11-18 01:07:00

Last updated 7 years ago

2017-07-20 01:34:00

Affected Software

NetGear WG111v2.SYS driver 5.1213.6.316

5.1213.6.316

NetGear WG111v2 wireless adapter USB

References

http://projects.info-pull.com/mokb/MOKB-16-11-2006.html

22962

Vendor Advisory

1017245

VU#445753

US Government Resource

21126

Exploit

ADV-2006-4560

netgear-wg111v2-bo(30370)

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