CVE-2006-5882
HIGH · CVSS 8.3EPSS 13.1%EU EUVD
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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 8.3 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-119
- EPSS score
- 13.1% (96th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2006-5865)
- Published
- November 14, 2006
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2006-5865 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- broadcom / bcmwl5.sys wireless device driver
- linksys / wpc300n wireless-n notebook adapter driver
References
- http://projects.info-pull.com/mokb/MOKB-11-11-2006.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22831
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1017212
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/209376(US Government Resource)
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/MAPG-6VGNHW(Patch)
- http://www.linksys.com/servlet/Satellite?c=L_Download_C2&childpagename=US%2FLayout&cid=1115417109934&packedargs=sku%3D1144763513196&pagename=Linksys%2FCommon%2FVisitorWrapper
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4459
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4460
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30202
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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