CVE-2006-5601
HIGH · CVSS 9.0EPSS 4.2%EU EUVD
Stack-based buffer overflow in the eap_do_notify function in eap.c in xsupplicant before 1.2.6, and possibly other versions, allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 9.0 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-119
- EPSS score
- 4.2% (91th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2006-5586)
- Published
- October 28, 2006
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2006-5586 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- xsupplicant / xsupplicant
- xsupplicant / xsupplicant
- xsupplicant / xsupplicant
- xsupplicant / xsupplicant
- xsupplicant / xsupplicant
- xsupplicant / xsupplicant
- xsupplicant / xsupplicant
- xsupplicant / xsupplicant
- xsupplicant / xsupplicant
- xsupplicant / xsupplicant
- xsupplicant / xsupplicant
- xsupplicant / xsupplicant
- xsupplicant / xsupplicant
- xsupplicant / xsupplicant
- xsupplicant / xsupplicant
- xsupplicant / xsupplicant
References
- http://open1x.cvs.sourceforge.net/open1x/xsupplicant/src/eap.c?r1=1.135&r2=1.136
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22612(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22641(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:189
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_01_sr.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20775(Patch)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4233(Vendor Advisory)
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29902
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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