CVE-2006-5882

Severity CVSS v4.0:

Pending analysis

Type:

CWE-119 Buffer Errors

Publication date:

14/11/2006

Last modified:

09/04/2025

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.

Impact

Vector 2.0

AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 8.30 HIGH
Vector: AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Attack Vector (AV): Adjacent
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): Complete
Integrity (I): Complete
Availability (A): Complete

Base Score 2.0

8.30

Severity 2.0

HIGH

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:a:linksys:wpc300n_wireless-n_notebook_adapter_driver::::::::
cpe:2.3:h:broadcom:bcmwl5.sys_wireless_device_driver:3.50.21.10:::::::*

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page

CVE-2006-5882

Description

Impact

Vulnerable products and versions

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools