CVEvulnerability

CVE-2006-6059

10.0 HIGH Published 2006-11-22 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2006-11-22
Last modified
2026-06-16
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
10.0 HIGH — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Description

Buffer overflow in MA521nd5.SYS driver 5.148.724.2003 for NetGear MA521 PCMCIA adapter allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via (1) beacon or (2) probe 802.11 frame responses with an long supported rates information element. NOTE: this issue was reported as a "memory corruption" error, but the associated exploit code suggests that it is a buffer overflow.

Affected configurations

• netgear ma521 driver (<= 5.148.724.2003)

References