Vulnerability in Madwifi
CVE-2006-6332
Stack-based buffer overflow in net80211/ieee80211_wireless.c in MadWifi before 0.9.2.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors, related to the encode_ie and giwscan_cb functions.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.203 (97.4th percentile), scored .
Moderate probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — watch for active exploitation reports. 97th percentile — 97.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.198 · newest: 0.203 · change: +0.005
Affected products
- Madwifi — versions 0.9.2.1
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_74_madwifi.html (vendor-advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/21486 (Patch, vdb-entry)
- madwifi.org/changeset/1842 (Patch)
- www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_28_sr.html (vendor-advisory)
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200612-09.xml (vendor-advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/23335 (third-party-advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/23277 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- madwifi.org/wiki/news/20061207/release-0-9-2-1-fixes-critical-security-issue
- www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/925529 (US Government Resource, third-party-advisory)
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4901 (vdb-entry)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2006-6332?
- CVE-2006-6332 is a vulnerability in Madwifi. Published 2006-12-10.
- Is CVE-2006-6332 known to be exploited?
- 6 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.