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Fencer Vulns
high 8.3

CVE-2006-5882 in the critical feed json

Stack-based buffer overflow in the Broadcom BCMWL5.SYS wireless device driver 3.50.21.10, as used in Cisco Linksys WPC300N Wireless-N Noteb…

published 2006-11-14 19 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2006-5865

cvss
8.3
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
13.1%
EPSS 13.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 96%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

Stack-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.

Patch / fix

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-2770)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

13.14% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 96% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-2770 Broadcom Wireless Driver - Probe Response SSID Overflow (Metasploit) remote, 2006-11-13

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 8.3 AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

References

Sources

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