VulnerabilityModified
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 the extended supported rates (xrates) element, which triggers an assertion error, related to…
MEDIUM 4.3EPSS 1.97%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.97%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
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.
- CVSS 2.0
- 4.3 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
- EPSS
- 1.97% probability · 79th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-20
- Affected
- madwifi/madwifi
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=195705
- http://madwifi.org/changeset/2736Patch
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27197Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27541
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28431
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3225
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200711-09.xml
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:007
- http://www.sec-consult.com/298.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/482168/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26052
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3493
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/37182
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=195705
- http://madwifi.org/changeset/2736Patch
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27197Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27541
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28431
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3225
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200711-09.xml
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:007
- http://www.sec-consult.com/298.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/482168/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26052
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3493
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/37182
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.