Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Jan 19, 2006· Updated Jun 16, 2026

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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Affected products

FreeBSD/FreeBSD3 versions
cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:6.0:release:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 2 more
- cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:6.0:release:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:6.0:stable:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)range: <6.0-STABLE

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References

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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