Madwifi 0.9.3.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (panic) via a beacon frame with a large length value in the extended supported rates (xrates) element, which triggers an assertion error, related to net80211/ieee80211_scan_ap.c and net80211/ieee80211_scan_sta.c
Published Oct 14, 2007
4.3
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 1.97%
Description
Madwifi 0.9.3.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (panic) via a beacon frame with a large length value in the extended supported rates (xrates) element, which triggers an assertion error, related to net80211/ieee80211_scan_ap.c and net80211/ieee80211_scan_sta.c.
Affected products
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
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:N/I:N/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 1, 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 (14 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 1.97% (0.01968) | 79.66th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 1.97% (0.01968) | 77.73th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 2.18% (0.02181) | 83.20th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 31.69% (0.31687) | 97.15th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Sep 24, 2024 | 31.69% (0.31687) | 97.06th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Aug 17, 2024 | 39.25% (0.39246) | 97.31th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jul 10, 2024 | 34.77% (0.34768) | 97.15th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 2, 2024 | 35.96% (0.35957) | 97.15th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 17, 2024 | 35.19% (0.35185) | 97.00th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Oct 20, 2023 | 41.19% (0.41192) | 96.88th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 39.45% (0.39455) | 96.60th | 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) |
References (13)
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=195705 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://madwifi.org/changeset/2736 x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27197 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAPatchVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27541 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28431 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3225 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASON
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200711-09.xml vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:007 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
- http://www.sec-consult.com/298.html x_refsource_MISC
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/482168/100/0/threaded mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26052 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3493 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/37182 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.