CVE-2007-5448

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Summary

CVECVE-2007-5448
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2007-10-14 18:17:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionMadwifi 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 4.3 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Problem Types: CWE-20 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Madwifi Madwifi All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Gentoo Bug 195705 - net-wireless/madwifi-ng < 0.9.3.3 "xrates" Remote Denial of Service (CVE-2007-5448) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugs.gentoo.org
Gentoo Linux Documentation -- MadWifi: Denial of Service af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.gentoo.org
Mandriva update for madwifi-source - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2008:007 | Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
404 - Page not found! - SEC Consult af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.sec-consult.com
MadWifi Xrates Element Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
SecurityReason - Madwifi xrates element remote DOS af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 securityreason.com
Changeset 2736 - madwifi.org - Trac af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 madwifi.org Patch
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
MadWifi "xrates" Element Denial of Service - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
Gentoo update for madwifi - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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