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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…
Medium4.3EPSS 2.0%
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- mitre
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium4.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.0% · top 20% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.3.
Weakness
Affected products
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References (13)
- 26052 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 27197 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- MDVSA-2008:007 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- madwifi-xrates-dos(37182) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 3225 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASONx_transferred
- 20071012 SEC Consult SA-20071012-0 :: Madwifi xrates element remote DOS (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- ADV-2007-3493 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 27541 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://madwifi.org/changeset/2736 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- GLSA-200711-09 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=195705 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 28431 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://www.sec-consult.com/298.html (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)
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- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
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- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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