CVE-2006-0226

critical

Description

Integer overflow in IEEE 802.11 network subsystem (ieee80211_ioctl.c) in FreeBSD before 6.0-STABLE, while scanning for wireless networks, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by broadcasting crafted (1) beacon or (2) probe response frames.

References

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24192

http://www.signedness.org/advisories/sps-0x1.txt

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16296

http://www.osvdb.org/22537

http://www.blackhat.com/html/bh-europe-07/bh-eu-07-speakers.html#Eriksson

http://securitytracker.com/id?1015518

http://secunia.com/advisories/18353

http://kernelwars.blogspot.com/2007/01/alive.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2006-01-19

Updated: 2026-04-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 10

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: Critical

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: Critical

EPSS

EPSS: 0.14376