Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Sep 21, 2006· Updated Jun 16, 2026

CVE-2006-3508

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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Affected products

Apple Inc./Mac OS Xllm-fuzzy2 versions
=10.4.7+ 1 more
- (no CPE)range: =10.4.7
- cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.4.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Apple Inc./Mac OS X Server
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.4.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Patches

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References

www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/589540nvdUS Government Resource
lists.apple.com/archives/Security-announce/2006/Sep/msg00001.htmlnvd
secunia.com/advisories/22068nvd
securitytracker.com/idnvd
www.securityfocus.com/bid/20144nvd
www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3737nvd

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