CVE-2009-0052

high

Description

The Atheros wireless driver, as used in Netgear WNDAP330 Wi-Fi access point with firmware 2.1.11 and other versions before 3.0.3 on the Atheros AR9160-BC1A chipset, and other products, allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (device reboot or hang) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a truncated reserved management frame.

References

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/54216

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3212

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36991

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/507777/100/0/threaded

http://www.osvdb.org/59880

http://secunia.com/advisories/37344

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2009-11-12

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5.5

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

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 8.8

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

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.01041