Vulnerabilities > CVE-2006-5972 - Buffer Overflow vulnerability in Netgear Wg111V2 and Wg111V2 Driver

047910
CVSS 10.0 - CRITICAL
Attack vector
NETWORK
Attack complexity
LOW
Privileges required
NONE
Confidentiality impact
COMPLETE
Integrity impact
COMPLETE
Availability impact
COMPLETE
network
low complexity
netgear
critical
exploit available
NVD
Published: 2006-11-18
Updated: 2017-07-20

Summary

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.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part Description Count
Application
Netgear
1
Hardware
Netgear
1

Exploit-Db

descriptionNetGear WG111v2 Wireless Driver Long Beacon Overflow. CVE-2006-5972. Remote exploit for hardware platform
idEDB-ID:16388
last seen2016-02-01
modified2010-07-03
published2010-07-03
reportermetasploit
sourcehttps://www.exploit-db.com/download/16388/
titleNetGear WG111v2 Wireless Driver - Long Beacon Overflow

Packetstorm

data sourcehttps://packetstormsecurity.com/files/download/83056/netgear_wg111_beacon.rb.txt
idPACKETSTORM:83056
last seen2016-12-05
published2009-11-26
reporterH D Moore
sourcehttps://packetstormsecurity.com/files/83056/NetGear-WG111v2-Wireless-Driver-Long-Beacon-Overflow.html
titleNetGear WG111v2 Wireless Driver Long Beacon Overflow

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