CVE-2006-5972 is a critical stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability residing in the WG111v2.SYS driver used by NetGear WG111v2 USB wireless adapters. Rated with a maximum CVSS score of 10.0, this flaw allows unauthenticated remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by transmitting a specially crafted, long 802.11 beacon request. Although the vulnerability is not currently listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog and lacks recent community discussion, functional exploit code is publicly available via ExploitDB, posing a confirmed risk to legacy systems.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
5.1213.6.316CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:netgear:wg111v2_driver:5.1213.6.316:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:h:netgear:wg111v2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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