Vulnerabilities > CVE-2006-6059 - Buffer Overflow vulnerability in NetGear MA521 Wireless Driver Long Beacon Probe

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

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.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part Description Count
Application
Netgear
1

Exploit-Db

descriptionNetGear MA521 Wireless Driver 5.148.724 Long Beacon Probe Buffer Overflow Vulnerability. CVE-2006-6059. Remote exploit for windows platform
idEDB-ID:29096
last seen2016-02-03
modified2006-11-18
published2006-11-18
reporterLaurent Butti
sourcehttps://www.exploit-db.com/download/29096/
titleNetGear MA521 Wireless Driver 5.148.724 Long Beacon Probe Buffer Overflow Vulnerability