VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2006-6332
Stack-based buffer overflow in net80211/ieee80211_wireless.c in MadWifi before 0.9.2.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors, related to the encode_ie and giwscan_cb functions.
HIGH 7.5EPSS 20.3%
Does this matter?
EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 20.3%, higher than 97% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
Description
Stack-based buffer overflow in net80211/ieee80211_wireless.c in MadWifi before 0.9.2.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors, related to the encode_ie and giwscan_cb functions.
- CVSS 2.0
- 7.5 HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- EPSS
- 20.30% probability · 97th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- madwifi/madwifi
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://lists.immunitysec.com/pipermail/dailydave/2006-December/003888.html
- http://madwifi.org/changeset/1842Patch
- http://madwifi.org/wiki/news/20061207/release-0-9-2-1-fixes-critical-security-issue
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23277Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23335
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23694
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200612-09.xml
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/925529US Government Resource
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_28_sr.html
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_74_madwifi.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21486Patch
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-404-1
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4901
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30800
- http://lists.immunitysec.com/pipermail/dailydave/2006-December/003888.html
- http://madwifi.org/changeset/1842Patch
- http://madwifi.org/wiki/news/20061207/release-0-9-2-1-fixes-critical-security-issue
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23277Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23335
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23694
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200612-09.xml
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/925529US Government Resource
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_28_sr.html
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_74_madwifi.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21486Patch
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-404-1
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4901
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30800
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.