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CVE-2006-6292

Status: ModifiedMedium (5.7)—

Apple Airport Extreme firmware 0.1.27 in Mac OS X 10.4.8 on Mac mini, MacBook, and MacBook Pro with Core Duo hardware allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds memory access and kernel panic) and have possibly other security-related impact via certain beacon frames.

CVSS

Exploitation probability (EPSS)

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).

Affected technologies (1)

Apple — MAC OS X

CWEs

References

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