CVE-2006-5710
The Airport driver for certain Orinoco based Airport cards in Darwin kernel 8.8.0 in Apple Mac OS...
CVE-2006-5710 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.5) in Apple Mac Os X, published November 4, 2006. Public exploit code exists. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 19.6%, the 97th percentile. No source names a fixed version.
- Severity
- 7.5 HighCVSS 2.0, NVD
- Exploit chance
- 19.6%EPSS, 97th percentile
- Exploitation
- None known1 public exploit
- Fixed in
- No fix listedNo source names one
Description
The Airport driver for certain Orinoco based Airport cards in Darwin kernel 8.8.0 in Apple Mac OS X 10.4.8, and possibly other versions, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an 802.11 probe response frame without any valid information element (IE) fields after the header, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.
Exploit likelihood
Affected products
Public exploits
Links only. Every CVE stores no exploit code.
| Source | Link | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Exploit-DB | Apple Airport - 802.11 Probe Response Kernel Memory Corruption (PoC) (Metasploit) | 2006-11-01 |
What each source reports
NVD Score used
The Airport driver for certain Orinoco based Airport cards in Darwin kernel 8.8.0 in Apple Mac OS X 10.4.8, and possibly other versions, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an 802.11 probe response frame without any valid information element (IE) fields after the header, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.
- Record
CVE-2006-5710- CVSS 2.0
- 7.5 High
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-119
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE ListNo score
The Airport driver for certain Orinoco based Airport cards in Darwin kernel 8.8.0 in Apple Mac OS X 10.4.8, and possibly other versions, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an 802.11 probe response frame without any valid information element (IE) fields after the header, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.
- Record
CVE-2006-5710- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2006-5695No score
The Airport driver for certain Orinoco based Airport cards in Darwin kernel 8.8.0 in Apple Mac OS X 10.4.8, and possibly other versions, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an 802.11 probe response frame without any valid information element (IE) fields after the header, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.
- Record
EUVD-2006-5695- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-q4h8-23f5-r5xvNo score
The Airport driver for certain Orinoco based Airport cards in Darwin kernel 8.8.0 in Apple Mac OS...
The Airport driver for certain Orinoco based Airport cards in Darwin kernel 8.8.0 in Apple Mac OS X 10.4.8, and possibly other versions, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an 802.11 probe response frame without any valid information element (IE) fields after the header, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.
- Record
GHSA-q4h8-23f5-r5xv- Weakness
- CWE-119
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| facts | ||
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, Exploit-DB, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
References
vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4750
securitytracker.com/id?1017151
projects.info-pull.com/mokb/MOKB-01-11-2006.html
docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=304829
osvdb.org/30180
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securityfocus.com/bid/20862
secunia.com/advisories/23155
kb.cert.org/vuls/id/191336
lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2006/Nov/msg00001.html
us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-333A.html
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29965
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-5710
github.com/advisories/GHSA-q4h8-23f5-r5xv