CVE-2006-6055 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in A5AGU.SYS 1.0.1.41 for the D-Link DWL-G132 wireless adapter allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a 802.11 beacon request with a long Rates information element (IE).

Published: 2006-11-22

Score: 10.0 Critical

EPSS: 4.1% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:h:d-link:dwl-g132:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2006-6038	Stack-based buffer overflow in A5AGU.SYS 1.0.1.41 for the D-Link DWL-G132 wireless adapter allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a 802.11 beacon request with a long Rates information element (IE).

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.04093.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://projects.info-pull.com/mokb/MOKB-13-11-2006.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/22860
http://securitytracker.com/id?1017215
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21032
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4488

History

Fri, 11 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics	epss `{'score': 0.03432}`	epss `{'score': 0.04093}`

Subscriptions

D-link Dwl-g132

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2006-11-22T01:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T20:12:31.245Z

Reserved: 2006-11-21T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2006-6055

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2006-11-22T01:07:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-23T00:35:47.467

Link: CVE-2006-6055

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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