ieee80211_output.c in MadWifi before 0.9.3 sends unencrypted packets before WPA authentication succeeds, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information (related to network structure), and possibly cause a denial of service (disrupted authentication) and conduct spoofing attacks
Published Mar 30, 2007
6.8
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 2.07%
Description
ieee80211_output.c in MadWifi before 0.9.3 sends unencrypted packets before WPA authentication succeeds, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information (related to network structure), and possibly cause a denial of service (disrupted authentication) and conduct spoofing attacks.
Affected products
Remediation
Red Hat statement
Not vulnerable. The MadWiFi wireless driver is not shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1, 3, 4, or 5.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 2, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (20 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2, 2026 | 2.07% (0.02069) | 80.74th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 2.07% (0.02069) | 78.88th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Apr 23, 2026 | 7.18% (0.07179) | 91.61th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Jan 8, 2026 | 5.62% (0.05624) | 90.06th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Nov 16, 2025 | 4.61% (0.04615) | 88.77th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 2.81% (0.02813) | 85.20th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 5.79% (0.05794) | 93.66th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jul 3, 2024 | 5.79% (0.05794) | 93.43th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 25, 2024 | 5.88% (0.05883) | 93.42th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Apr 17, 2024 | 4.76% (0.04765) | 92.57th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 10, 2024 | 3.56% (0.03562) | 91.33th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jan 31, 2024 | 5.01% (0.05012) | 92.12th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 24, 2023 | 5.15% (0.05150) | 92.19th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Nov 16, 2023 | 5.43% (0.05429) | 92.34th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Aug 31, 2023 | 5.25% (0.05246) | 92.03th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Apr 4, 2023 | 4.87% (0.04870) | 91.51th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 4.52% (0.04519) | 91.19th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 3.78% (0.03779) | 85.48th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 3.78% (0.03779) | 84.01th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 3.78% (0.03779) | 67.21th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
No CWE recorded.
References (18)
- http://madwifi.org/ticket/967 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://madwifi.org/wiki/Releases/0.9.3 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24670 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24841 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24931 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25861 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26083 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200704-15.xml vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:082 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_14_sr.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/466689/30/6900/threaded mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23434 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-479-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1187 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2006-7180 Vendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/33514 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-7180
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2006-7180
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