CVE-2006-0226

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Summary

CVECVE-2006-0226
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerfreebsd
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2006-01-19 01:03:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-03 01:03:51 UTC
DescriptionInteger overflow in IEEE 802.11 network subsystem (ieee80211_ioctl.c) in FreeBSD before 6.0-STABLE, while scanning for wireless networks, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by broadcasting crafted (1) beacon or (2) probe response frames.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 10 from [email protected]

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

EPSS: 0.172790000 probability, percentile 0.950490000 (date 2026-04-16)

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 6.0 release All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 6.0 stable All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
FreeBSD IEEE 802.11 Buffer Overflow Vulnerability - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
SecurityTracker.com Archives - FreeBSD 802.11 Response Frame Integer Overflow May Let Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 securitytracker.com
www.osvdb.org/22537 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.osvdb.org
FreeBSD IEEE 802.11 Network Subsystem Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Patch
ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-06:05.80211.asc af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 ftp.freebsd.org
Black Hat Europe 2007 Topics and Speakers af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.blackhat.com
404 Not Found af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.signedness.org Vendor Advisory
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
Kernel Wars: Kernel Wars in Amsterdam! af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 kernelwars.blogspot.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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