CVE-2006-6059 (GCVE-0-2006-6059)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2006-11-22 01:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 20:12
VLAI
Summary
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.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21175 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://securitytracker.com/id?1017254 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
http://projects.info-pull.com/mokb/MOKB-18-11-2006.html x_refsource_MISC
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/395496 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VN
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4604 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
http://secunia.com/advisories/23036 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
Date Public
2006-11-18 00:00
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