CVE-2026-82079 (GCVE-0-2026-82079)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-09-10 05:13 – Updated: 2026-09-11 03:56
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
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
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-09-10 00:00 UTC
CWE
- CWE-121 - Stack-based buffer overflow
Assigner
References
1 reference
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nintendo | Nintendo Switch |
Affected:
0 , < 23.0.0
(custom)
|
Date Public
2026-09-10 05:00
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