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CVE-2006-7179
ieee80211_input.c in MadWifi before 0.9.3 does not properly process Channel Switch Announcement Information Elements (CSA IEs), which…
High7.8EPSS 2.7%
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- mitre
Description
ieee80211_input.c in MadWifi before 0.9.3 does not properly process Channel Switch Announcement Information Elements (CSA IEs), which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (loss of communication) via a Channel Switch Count less than or equal to one, triggering a channel change.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.8 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.7% · top 14% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)
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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
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- affected n/a
References (16)
- 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
- 23436 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 24670 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 24931 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 26083 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- ADV-2007-1187 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- SUSE-SR:2007:014 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- 34645 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- http://madwifi.org/wiki/Releases/0.9.3 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 24841 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://madwifi.org/ticket/963 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 20070423 FLEA-2007-0012-1: madwifi (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- GLSA-200704-15 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- 25861 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://dev.lintrack.org/ticket/101 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
Sources
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- 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)
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