CVEvulnerability
CVE-2006-5882
8.3 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2006-11-14
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 8.3 HIGH — AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- Weaknesses
- CWE-119
Description
Stack-based buffer overflow in the Broadcom BCMWL5.SYS wireless device driver 3.50.21.10, as used in Cisco Linksys WPC300N Wireless-N Notebook Adapter before 4.100.15.5 and other products, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an 802.11 response frame containing a long SSID field.
Affected configurations
• linksys wpc300n wireless-n notebook adapter driver
• broadcom bcmwl5.sys wireless device driver 3.50.21.10
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer weakness
References
- http://projects.info-pull.com/mokb/MOKB-11-11-2006.html projects.info-pull.com
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22831 secunia.com
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1017212 securitytracker.com
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/209376 US Government Resource
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/MAPG-6VGNHW Patch
- http://www.linksys.com/servlet/Satellite?c=L_Download_C2&childpagename=US%2FLayout&cid=1115417109934&packedargs=sku%3D1144763513196&pagename=Linksys%2FCommon%2FVisitorWrapper www.linksys.com
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4459 www.vupen.com
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4460 www.vupen.com
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30202 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
- http://projects.info-pull.com/mokb/MOKB-11-11-2006.html projects.info-pull.com
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22831 secunia.com
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1017212 securitytracker.com
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/209376 US Government Resource
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/MAPG-6VGNHW Patch
- http://www.linksys.com/servlet/Satellite?c=L_Download_C2&childpagename=US%2FLayout&cid=1115417109934&packedargs=sku%3D1144763513196&pagename=Linksys%2FCommon%2FVisitorWrapper www.linksys.com
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4459 www.vupen.com
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4460 www.vupen.com
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30202 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com