CVE-2006-3508

Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2006-09-21 · updated 2026-06-16

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.

Affected products

macOS: 10.4.7
Apple Mac Os X Server: 10.4.7

References

http://lists.apple.com/archives/Security-announce/2006/Sep/msg00001.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/22068
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016903
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/589540
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20144
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3737
http://lists.apple.com/archives/Security-announce/2006/Sep/msg00001.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/22068
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016903
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/589540
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20144
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3737

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