Vulnerability in Madwifi
CVE-2007-2830
The ath_beacon_config function in if_ath.c in MadWifi before 0.9.3.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (system crash) via crafted beacon interval information when scanning for access points, which triggers a divide-by-zero error.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 5.0 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.023 (82.7th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 83rd percentile — 82.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.023 · newest: 0.023 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Madwifi — versions 0.9.0, 0.9.1, 0.9.2
References
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-479-1 (vendor-advisory)
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200706-04.xml (vendor-advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/25339 (third-party-advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/24114 (vdb-entry)
- secunia.com/advisories/26083 (third-party-advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/25622 (third-party-advisory)
- www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_14_sr.html (vendor-advisory)
- osvdb.org/36636 (vdb-entry)
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/34451 (vdb-entry)
- secunia.com/advisories/25763 (third-party-advisory)