MadWifi, when Ad-Hoc mode is used, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (system crash) via unspecified vectors that lead…

Description

MadWifi, when Ad-Hoc mode is used, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (system crash) via unspecified vectors that lead to a kernel panic in the ieee80211_input function, related to "packets coming from a 'malicious' WinXP system."

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

2.4% · top 16% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.8.

Weakness

• n/a

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (9)

• USN-479-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
• MDKSA-2007:082 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
• 26083 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• SUSE-SR:2007:014 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• 24841 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 20070423 FLEA-2007-0012-1: madwifi (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
• 23433 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• 25861 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• http://madwifi.org/ticket/880 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

Badge for a README or a ticket

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Record last updated 7 Aug 2024, 20:57 UTC.