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.

Published: 2009-11-12 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

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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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2009-0052

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)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2009-0052

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.5 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:A/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C Click to expand
Access vector (AV:A)
Requires access to an adjacent network segment.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:S)
A single authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
5.1 6.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2009-0052

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2009-0052

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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2009-0052

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