CVE-2007-2829

Published: May 24, 2007Updated: Apr 23, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVDNVD-CWE-Other

5.0MEDIUM

NVD MITRE

Description

The 802.11 network stack in net80211/ieee80211_input.c in MadWifi before 0.9.3.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (system hang) via a crafted length field in nested 802.3 Ethernet frames in Fast Frame packets, which results in a NULL pointer dereference.

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

Exploitability

AV:NAccess Vector

Network

AC:LAccess Complexity

Low

Au:NAuthentication

None

Impact

C:NConfidentiality

None

I:NIntegrity

None

A:PAvailability

Partial

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

Affected Products

madwifi

oss-project

madwifiLibrary

OSS Libraries / generic-library

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Exploitability

Official Patch Available

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References

http://madwifi.org/ticket/1335

madwifi.org

http://madwifi.org/wiki/Security

madwifi.org

http://osvdb.org/36635

osvdb.org

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