The Airport driver for certain Orinoco based Airport cards in Darwin kernel 8.8.0 in…
Priority MEDIUM 51CWE-119Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- — Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Code execution
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Partial · Partial · Partial
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-119 and the CVSS impact.
Summary
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.
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.19603 97th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | all versions | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
CPE configurations NVD · 2
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.4.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 10.4.8 | Vulnerable | Apple |
| cpe:2.3:o:opendarwin:darwin_kernel:8.8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 8.8.0 | Vulnerable | Opendarwin |
- cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.4.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 10.4.8 Vulnerable ·Apple
- cpe:2.3:o:opendarwin:darwin_kernel:8.8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 8.8.0 Vulnerable ·Opendarwin
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2006-5710
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-q4h8-23f5-r5xv
References
Sources
- CVE-2006-5710 · CVE Program
- CVE-2006-5710 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-q4h8-23f5-r5xv · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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