CVE-2006-3508

N/A Unknown
Published: September 21, 2006 Modified: April 16, 2026
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Description

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.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://lists.apple.com/archives/Security-announce/2006/Sep/msg00001.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://secunia.com/advisories/22068
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016903
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/589540
Source: cve@mitre.org
US Government Resource
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20144
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3737
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://lists.apple.com/archives/Security-announce/2006/Sep/msg00001.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/22068
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016903
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/589540
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
US Government Resource
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20144
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3737
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

12 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
0.1%
33th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Affected Vendors

apple