CVE-2006-4022 — Intel 2100 PRO/Wireless Network Connection driver PROSet before 7.1.4.6 allows local users to corrupt memory and execute code via "requests for capabilities from higher-level protocol drivers or user-level applications" involving crafted frames, a different issue than CVE-2006-3992

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Intel 2100 PRO/Wireless Network Connection driver PROSet before 7.1.4.6 allows local users to corrupt memory and execute code via "requests for capabilities from higher-level protocol drivers or user-level applications" involving crafted frames, a different issue than CVE-2006-3992

Published Aug 9, 2006

4.6

MEDIUM

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 0.46%

Description

Intel 2100 PRO/Wireless Network Connection driver PROSet before 7.1.4.6 allows local users to corrupt memory and execute code via "requests for capabilities from higher-level protocol drivers or user-level applications" involving crafted frames, a different issue than CVE-2006-3992.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

0.46% 0.00460

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.00460

Score over time

2022–2026

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Percentile over time

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Table of values (10 key points)

Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	0.46% (0.00460)	37.58th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	0.45% (0.00448)	35.44th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	0.09% (0.00091)	23.82th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.04% (0.00043)	11.55th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Jun 29, 2024	0.04% (0.00043)	9.83th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.04% (0.00043)	5.88th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	1.59% (0.01592)	75.48th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Mar 4, 2023	1.59% (0.01592)	75.48th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	1.59% (0.01592)	73.48th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	1.59% (0.01592)	52.35th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (0)

No CWE recorded.

References (5)

http://securitytracker.com/id?1016621
vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKPatch
http://support.intel.com/support/wireless/wlan/pro2100/sb/CS-023067.htm
x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/824500
third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNUS Government Resource
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19299
vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3099
vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN

Link	Providers	Tags
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016621		vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKPatch
http://support.intel.com/support/wireless/wlan/pro2100/sb/CS-023067.htm		x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/824500		third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNUS Government Resource
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19299		vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3099		vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Aug 9, 2006

Updated Aug 7, 2024

Reserved Aug 8, 2006

Link CVE-2006-4022

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

Link CVE-2006-4022

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2006-4022