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.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2009-0052 is rated Moderate Risk (48.5/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.93%). Mandatory action: Review affected assets and schedule remediation.
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EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).
| # | Date | Old EPSS score | New EPSS score | Delta (New - Old) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2026-04-03 | 1.04% | 0.93% | -0.11% |
| 2 | 2025-03-30 | 0.67% | 1.04% | +0.37% |
| 3 | 2025-03-29 | — | 0.67% | — |
Full EPSS history (6 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5.5 | 2.0 | MEDIUM |
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5.1 | 6.9 | [email protected] |
| Vendor | Product | Version | Raw CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| netgear | wndap330_firmware | 2.1.11 | cpe:2.3:a:netgear:wndap330_firmware:2.1.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| atheros | ar9160-bc1a_chipset | — | cpe:2.3:h:atheros:ar9160-bc1a_chipset:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |