Vulnerability in Madwifi

CVE-2006-7177

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."

EPSS: 0.023 (81.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

  • Madwifi — versions 0.9.2
  • N/a — versions n/a

References