CVE-2006-5972: NETGEAR WG111V2

High severity, CVSS 10.0. EPSS: 19.8% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Stack-based buffer overflow in WG111v2.SYS in NetGear WG111v2 wireless adapter (USB) allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long 802.11 beacon request.

Affected products

• NETGEAR WG111V2: any version
• NETGEAR WG111V2 Driver: version 5.1213.6.316 only

Published 2006-11-18. Last modified 2026-06-16.