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CVE-2006-3508

Heap-based buffer overflow in the AirPort wireless driver on Apple Mac OS X 10.4.7 allows physically proximate attackers

Heap-based buffer overflow in the AirPort wireless driver on Apple Mac OS X 10.4.7 allows physically proximate attackers to cause a denial of service (crash), gain privileges, and execute arbitrary code via a crafted frame that is not properly handled during scan cache updates.

HIGH · CVSS 7.2 EPSS 0.00134
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  • CVSS base score ≥ 7.0
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Affected Products & Versions

2
apple mac os xall versions
apple mac os x serverall versions
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Scoring & Timeline

7.2
HIGH · CVSS v2 (legacy) · cve@mitre.org
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This CVE predates CVSS v3; the legacy v2 score is shown so triage still has a severity to work with.
v2 Vector
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Published to NVD21 Sep 2006 · 09:07 PM
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References & Sources

6
Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
http://lists.apple.com/archives/Security-announce/2006/Sep/msg00001.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/22068
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016903
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/589540US Government Resource
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20144
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3737
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