CVE-2004-2549 json
Nortel Wireless LAN (WLAN) Access Point (AP) 2220, 2221, and 2225 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (service crash) via a…
published 2004-12-31 21 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2004-2540
- cvss
- 5.0
- version 2.0, NVD
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 10.5%
- EPSS 10.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 95%
- public exploits
- 1
- Exploit-DB
Summary
Nortel Wireless LAN (WLAN) Access Point (AP) 2220, 2221, and 2225 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (service crash) via a TCP request with a large string, followed by 8 newline characters, to (1) the Telnet service on TCP port 23 and (2) the HTTP service on TCP port 80, possibly due to a buffer overflow.
Timeline
- First public exploit (EDB-23786)
- Published
Exploit prediction
10.46% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 95% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).
Exploits and checks
- EDB-23786 Nortel Wireless LAN Access Point 2200 Series - Denial of Service dos, 2004-03-02
- securityfocus.com http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/9787 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVD | 2.0 | 5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
References
-
securityfocus.com
/bid/9787
vdb-entry, exploit
-
secunia.com
/advisories/11034
third-party-advisory, vendor-advisory
-
securitytracker.com
/id?1009294
vdb-entry
-
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
/vulnerabilities/15373
vdb-entry
-
archives.neohapsis.com
/archives/fulldisclosure/2004-03/0055.html
mailing-list
-
osvdb.org
/4128
vdb-entry
- www116.nortelnetworks.com /docs/bvdoc/wlan/216109a.pdf
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2004-2549
- NVD CVE-2004-2549
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