Buffer overflow in Madwifi
CVE-2007-2831
Array index error in the (1) ieee80211_ioctl_getwmmparams and (2) ieee80211_ioctl_setwmmparams functions in net80211/ieee80211_wireless.c in MadWifi before 0.9.3.1 allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash), possibly obtain kernel memory contents, and possibly execute arbitrary code via a large negative array index value.
Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 10.0 (High). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.035 (88.6th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 89th percentile — 88.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.035 · newest: 0.035 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Madwifi — versions 0.9.0, 0.9.1, 0.9.2
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-479-1 (vendor-advisory)
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200706-04.xml (vendor-advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/25339 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/24114 (vdb-entry)
- secunia.com/advisories/26083 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/25622 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_14_sr.html (vendor-advisory)
- madwifi.org/ticket/1334 (Patch)
- secunia.com/advisories/25763 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- www.mandriva.com/security/advisories (vendor-advisory)