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CVE-2006-5601

Stack-based buffer overflow in the eap_do_notify function in eap.c in xsupplicant before 1.2.6,...

9.0 High

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 vectors.

Exploit likelihood

4.21%Down 2.5 points since Feb 4, 2022
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used 9.0

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 vectors.

Record
CVE-2006-5601
CVSS 2.0
9.0 HighAV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weakness
CWE-119
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE List No score

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 vectors.

Record
CVE-2006-5601
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2006-5586 No score

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 vectors.

Record
EUVD-2006-5586
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-w45p-5jm9-ww38 No score

Stack-based buffer overflow in the eap_do_notify function in eap.c in xsupplicant before 1.2.6,...

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 vectors.

Record
GHSA-w45p-5jm9-ww38
Weakness
CWE-119
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
aliasesEUVD
first indexedCVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD

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In short

CVE-2006-5601 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 9.0) in Xsupplicant, published October 28, 2006. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 4.21%, the 91st percentile. No source names a fixed version.

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