VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2007-2829
The 802.11 network stack in net80211/ieee80211_input.c in MadWifi before 0.9.3.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (system hang) via a crafted length field in nested 802.3 Ethernet frames in Fast Frame packets, which results in a NULL…
MEDIUM 5.0EPSS 3.33%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (3.33%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
The 802.11 network stack in net80211/ieee80211_input.c in MadWifi before 0.9.3.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (system hang) via a crafted length field in nested 802.3 Ethernet frames in Fast Frame packets, which results in a NULL pointer dereference.
- CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
- EPSS
- 3.33% probability · 88th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- madwifi/madwifi
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://madwifi.org/ticket/1335Patch
- http://madwifi.org/wiki/SecurityPatch
- http://osvdb.org/36635
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25339
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25622
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25763
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25861
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26083
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200706-04.xml
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:132
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_14_sr.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/470674/100/100/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24114
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-479-1
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1919
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/34455
- http://madwifi.org/ticket/1335Patch
- http://madwifi.org/wiki/SecurityPatch
- http://osvdb.org/36635
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25339
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25622
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25763
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25861
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26083
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200706-04.xml
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:132
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_14_sr.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/470674/100/100/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24114
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-479-1
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.