CVE-2009-0052

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2009-11-12 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

The Atheros wireless driver, as used in Netgear WNDAP330 Wi-Fi access point with firmware 2.1.11 and other versions before 3.0.3 on the Atheros AR9160-BC1A chipset, and other products, allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (device reboot or hang) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a truncated reserved management frame.

Affected products

Atheros Ar9160-Bc1A Chipset: all versions
NETGEAR Wndap330 Firmware: 2.1.11

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/37344
http://www.osvdb.org/59880
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/507777/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36991
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3212
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/54216
http://secunia.com/advisories/37344
http://www.osvdb.org/59880
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/507777/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36991
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3212
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/54216

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