CVE-2007-2831

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Summary

CVECVE-2007-2831
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2007-05-24 02:30:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionArray 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 10 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Problem Types: CWE-119 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Madwifi Madwifi 0.9.0 All All All
Application Madwifi Madwifi 0.9.1 All All All
Application Madwifi Madwifi 0.9.2 All All All
Application Madwifi Madwifi 0.9.2.1 All All All
Application Madwifi Madwifi All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Mandriva update for madwifi-source and wpa_supplicant - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
MadWifi Multiple Denial of Service Vulnerabilities - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Gentoo update for madwifi - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
#1334 (ieee80211_ioctl_getwmmparams local kernel DoS) - madwifi.org - Trac af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 madwifi.org Patch
Ubuntu update for MadWifi - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
Advisories | Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
MadWifi Multiple Denial of Service Vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
MadWifi: Multiple vulnerabilities — Gentoo Linux Documentation af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org
USN-479-1: MadWifi vulnerabilities | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
Security Announcement af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.novell.com
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
osvdb.org/36637 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 osvdb.org
Security - madwifi.org - Trac af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 madwifi.org Patch
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
SUSE Update for Multiple Packages - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
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