CVE-2009-0052 — The Atheros wireless driver, as used in Netgear WNDAP330 Wi-Fi access point with firmware 2.1.11 and other versions before 3.0.3 on the Atheros AR9160-BC1A chipset, and other products, allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (device reboot or hang) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a truncated reserved management frame

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The Atheros wireless driver, as used in Netgear WNDAP330 Wi-Fi access point with firmware 2.1.11 and other versions before 3.0.3 on the Atheros AR9160-BC1A chipset, and other products, allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (device reboot or hang) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a truncated reserved management frame

Published Nov 12, 2009

5.5

MEDIUM

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 1.08%

Description

The Atheros wireless driver, as used in Netgear WNDAP330 Wi-Fi access point with firmware 2.1.11 and other versions before 3.0.3 on the Atheros AR9160-BC1A chipset, and other products, allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (device reboot or hang) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a truncated reserved management frame.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

1.08% 0.01079

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

EPSS probability 0.01079

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 (9 key points)

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

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	1.08% (0.01079)	63.80th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	1.08% (0.01079)	60.58th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	1.04% (0.01041)	75.92th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.69% (0.00688)	80.77th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Feb 8, 2024	0.69% (0.00688)	79.47th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.69% (0.00688)	76.99th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	4.72% (0.04724)	89.23th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	4.72% (0.04724)	88.14th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	4.72% (0.04724)	74.53th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (0)

No CWE recorded.

References (6)

http://secunia.com/advisories/37344
third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
http://www.osvdb.org/59880
vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/507777/100/0/threaded
mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36991
vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3212
vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENVendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/54216
vdb-entryx_refsource_XF

Link	Providers	Tags
http://secunia.com/advisories/37344		third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
http://www.osvdb.org/59880		vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/507777/100/0/threaded		mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36991		vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3212		vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENVendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/54216		vdb-entryx_refsource_XF

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Nov 12, 2009

Updated Aug 7, 2024

Reserved Jan 7, 2009

Link CVE-2009-0052

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

Link CVE-2009-0052

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2009-0052