CVE-2006-5882

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Summary

CVECVE-2006-5882
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2006-11-14 19:07:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionStack-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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 8.3 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-119 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

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

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Hardware Broadcom Bcmwl5.sys Wireless Device Driver 3.50.21.10 All All All
Application Linksys Wpc300n Wireless-n Notebook Adapter Driver All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
Webmail - OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
Broadcom Wireless Driver Probe Response SSID Buffer Overflow - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
SecurityTracker.com Archives - Broadcom Wireless Device Driver SSID Buffer Overflow Lets Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 securitytracker.com
Month of Kernel Bugs (MoKB): Broadcom Wireless Driver Probe Response SSID Overflow af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 projects.info-pull.com
Linksys.com Downloads/Drivers af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.linksys.com
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
Linksys (A division of Cisco Systems) Information for VU#209376 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.kb.cert.org Patch
US-CERT Vulnerability Note VU#209376 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.kb.cert.org US Government Resource
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NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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