Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Jan 19, 2006· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2006-0226
CVE-2006-0226
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.
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References
9- secunia.com/advisories/18353nvdPatchVendor Advisory
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/16296nvdPatch
- www.signedness.org/advisories/sps-0x1.txtnvdVendor Advisory
- ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-06:05.80211.ascnvd
- kernelwars.blogspot.com/2007/01/alive.htmlnvd
- securitytracker.com/idnvd
- www.blackhat.com/html/bh-europe-07/bh-eu-07-speakers.htmlnvd
- www.osvdb.org/22537nvd
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24192nvd
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