CVE-2004-2549
MEDIUMEPSS 95th pctlDescription
Nortel Wireless LAN (WLAN) Access Point (AP) 2220, 2221, and 2225 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (service crash) via a TCP request with a large string, followed by 8 newline characters, to (1) the Telnet service on TCP port 23 and (2) the HTTP service on TCP port 80, possibly due to a buffer overflow.
CVSS v2 Vector
No CVSS vector data available.
Exploit Intelligence
Very high risk: more likely to be exploited than 95% of all known CVEs.
References
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2004-03/0055.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/11034
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1009294
- http://www.osvdb.org/4128
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/9787
- http://www116.nortelnetworks.com/docs/bvdoc/wlan/216109a.pdf
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/15373
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Start freeThis product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2026-04-16.