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CVE-2026-82079 (GCVE-0-2026-82079)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-09-10 05:13 – Updated: 2026-09-10 05:13
VLAI
Title
Potential Leakage of Nintendo Switch System Information Through a Proximity-Based Remote Attack
Summary
A stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability in the Nintendo Switch local wireless networking functionality may allow an attacker within wireless range to execute arbitrary code using return-oriented programming (ROP) through crafted network traffic. This issue affects Nintendo Switch: before 23.0.0.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • CWE-121 - Stack-based buffer overflow
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Nintendo Nintendo Switch Affected: 0 , < 23.0.0 (custom)
guessed Create a notification for this product.
Date Public
2026-09-10 05:00
Show details on NVD website

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