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CVE-2007-2831

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-119 Buffer Errors
Publication date:
24/05/2007
Last modified:
09/04/2025

Description

Array 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.

Impact

Vector 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 10.00 HIGH
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): Complete
Integrity (I): Complete
Availability (A): Complete

Base Score 2.0
10.00
Severity 2.0
HIGH

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:a:madwifi:madwifi:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 0.9.3 (including)
cpe:2.3:a:madwifi:madwifi:0.9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:madwifi:madwifi:0.9.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:madwifi:madwifi:0.9.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:madwifi:madwifi:0.9.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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