CVE-2006-5882: Broadcom BCMWL5.SYS Wireless Device Driver

High severity, CVSS 8.3. EPSS: 13.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Stack-based buffer overflow in the Broadcom BCMWL5.SYS wireless device driver 3.50.21.10, as used in Cisco Linksys WPC300N Wireless-N Notebook Adapter before 4.100.15.5 and other products, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an 802.11 response frame containing a long SSID field.

Affected products

• Broadcom BCMWL5.SYS Wireless Device Driver: version 3.50.21.10 only
• Linksys WPC300N Wireless-N Notebook Adapter Driver: any version

Published 2006-11-14. Last modified 2026-06-16.