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CVE-2007-5448

Madwifi 0.9.3.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (panic) via a beacon frame with a large length value in th…

Published 19 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON

CVSS
4.3
v2.0 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
2.0%
percentile 80%
Public exploits
0
none known

Madwifi 0.9.3.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (panic) via a beacon frame with a large length value in the extended supported rates (xrates) element, which triggers an assertion error, related to net80211/ieee80211_scan_ap.c and net80211/ieee80211_scan_sta.c.

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

1.97% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 80% of all scored CVEs.

CVSS scores

Assigned byVersionScoreVector
NVD2.04.3AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-20 Improper Input Validation

References

  • securityfocus.com /bid/26052 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, x_transferred
  • secunia.com /advisories/27197 · third-party-advisory, x_refsource_SECUNIA, x_transferred
  • mandriva.com /security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:007 · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_MANDRIVA, x_transferred
  • exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com /vulnerabilities/37182 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF, x_transferred
  • securityreason.com /securityalert/3225 · third-party-advisory, x_refsource_SREASON, x_transferred
  • securityfocus.com /archive/1/482168/100/0/threaded · mailing-list, x_refsource_BUGTRAQ, x_transferred
  • vupen.com /english/advisories/2007/3493 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_VUPEN, x_transferred
  • secunia.com /advisories/27541 · third-party-advisory, x_refsource_SECUNIA, x_transferred
  • madwifi.org /changeset/2736 · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
  • gentoo.org /security/en/glsa/glsa-200711-09.xml · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_GENTOO, x_transferred
  • bugs.gentoo.org /show_bug.cgi?id=195705 · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
  • secunia.com /advisories/28431 · third-party-advisory, x_refsource_SECUNIA, x_transferred
  • sec-consult.com /298.html · x_refsource_MISC, x_transferred

Sources

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