01 Record
CVE-2006-5601
Stack-based buffer overflow in the eap_do_notify function in eap.c in xsupplicant before 1.2.6, and possibly other versions, allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code via unspecified
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
Stack-based buffer overflow in the eap_do_notify function in eap.c in xsupplicant before 1.2.6, and possibly other versions, allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code via unspecified
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 4.20% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 90.5% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2006-10-28 01:00Z20 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 19:55Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2006-10-27
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferClass
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 8a888182103efa53294f86cdd168823279f59ac565371743c4cbb1411339dad5
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- open1x.cvs.sourceforge.nethttp://open1x.cvs.sourceforge.net/open1x/xsupplicant/src/eap.c?r1=1.135&r2=1.136
- www.securityfocus.com20775http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20775
- secunia.com22612http://secunia.com/advisories/22612
- www.vupen.comADV-2006-4233http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4233
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comxsupplicant-eapdo-bo(29902)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29902
- secunia.com22641http://secunia.com/advisories/22641
- www.novell.comSUSE-SR:2007:001http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_01_sr.html
- www.mandriva.comMDKSA-2006:189http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:189