CVE-2004-2549
Nortel Wireless LAN (WLAN) Access Point (AP) 2220, 2221, and 2225 allow remote attackers to cause...
Nortel Wireless LAN (WLAN) Access Point (AP) 2220, 2221, and 2225 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (service crash) via a TCP request with a large string, followed by 8 newline characters, to (1) the Telnet service on TCP port 23 and (2) the HTTP service on TCP port 80, possibly due to a buffer overflow.
Exploit likelihood
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Nortel Wireless LAN (WLAN) Access Point (AP) 2220, 2221, and 2225 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (service crash) via a TCP request with a large string, followed by 8 newline characters, to (1) the Telnet service on TCP port 23 and (2) the HTTP service on TCP port 80, possibly due to a buffer overflow.
- Record
CVE-2004-2549- CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P - Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Nortel Wireless LAN (WLAN) Access Point (AP) 2220, 2221, and 2225 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (service crash) via a TCP request with a large string, followed by 8 newline characters, to (1) the Telnet service on TCP port 23 and (2) the HTTP service on TCP port 80, possibly due to a buffer overflow.
- Record
CVE-2004-2549- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2004-2540 No score
Nortel Wireless LAN (WLAN) Access Point (AP) 2220, 2221, and 2225 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (service crash) via a TCP request with a large string, followed by 8 newline characters, to (1) the Telnet service on TCP port 23 and (2) the HTTP service on TCP port 80, possibly due to a buffer overflow.
- Record
EUVD-2004-2540- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-hjf4-6f96-j975 No score
Nortel Wireless LAN (WLAN) Access Point (AP) 2220, 2221, and 2225 allow remote attackers to cause...
Nortel Wireless LAN (WLAN) Access Point (AP) 2220, 2221, and 2225 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (service crash) via a TCP request with a large string, followed by 8 newline characters, to (1) the Telnet service on TCP port 23 and (2) the HTTP service on TCP port 80, possibly due to a buffer overflow.
- Record
GHSA-hjf4-6f96-j975- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Public exploits
Links only. Every CVE stores no exploit code.
| Source | Link | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Exploit-DB | Nortel Wireless LAN Access Point 2200 Series - Denial of Service | 2004-03-02 |
| PoC in GitHub | alt3kx/CVE-2004-2549 | 2018-04-03 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, Exploit-DB, GitHub Advisories, NVD, PoC in GitHub |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2004-2549 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.0) in Nortel Wlan Access Point 2220, published December 31, 2004. Public exploit code exists. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 10.5%, the 95th percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
securitytracker.com/id?1009294
securityfocus.com/bid/9787
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/15373
archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2004-03/0055.html
osvdb.org/4128
www116.nortelnetworks.com/docs/bvdoc/wlan/216109a.pdf
secunia.com/advisories/11034
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2004-2549
github.com/advisories/GHSA-hjf4-6f96-j975