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CVE-2006-5972

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.

Published

2006-11-18T01:07:00.000

Last Modified

2025-04-09T00:30:58.490

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 10.0 (HIGH)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: LOW
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: COMPLETE
Integrity Impact: COMPLETE
Availability Impact: COMPLETE

Exploitability Score

10.0

Impact Score

10.0

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
NVD-CWE-Other

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	netgear	wg111v2_driver	5.1213.6.316	Yes
Hardware	netgear	wg111v2	*	Yes

References

http://projects.info-pull.com/mokb/MOKB-16-11-2006.html ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/22962 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://securitytracker.com/id?1017245 ([email protected])
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/445753 US Government Resource ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21126 Exploit ([email protected])
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4560 ([email protected])
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30370 ([email protected])
http://projects.info-pull.com/mokb/MOKB-16-11-2006.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/22962 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://securitytracker.com/id?1017245 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/445753 US Government Resource (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21126 Exploit (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4560 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30370 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)