TI-2007-05234 Aliases CVE-2007-5448 GHSA-jwx5-frfj-fvw3

Madwifi 0.9.3.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (panic)…

LOW 24CWE-20Published 2007-10-14 · Updated 2024-08-07

Key facts

Attack vector: Network
Privileges required: None
User interaction: — Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
Attack complexity: Medium
Impact type: —
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: None · None · Partial
Fix status: No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.

Summary

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.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.01968 80th percentileScored 2026-11-07

Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
—	—	all versions	—	No fix listed	CNA

— Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:madwifi:madwifi::::::::	up to 0.9.3.2	Vulnerable	Madwifi

cpe:2.3:a:madwifi:madwifi:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions up to 0.9.3.2 Vulnerable ·Madwifi

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2007-5448
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-jwx5-frfj-fvw3

References

Patch 1

http://madwifi.org/changeset/2736

Advisory 3

Other 3

TI-2006-06081 Stack-based buffer overflow in net80211/ieee80211_wireless.c in MadWifi before 0.9.2.1… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.5
TI-2007-02741 Array index error in the (1) ieee80211_ioctl_getwmmparams and (2)… CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0
TI-2006-06920 ieee80211_input.c in MadWifi before 0.9.3 does not properly process Channel Switch… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.8
TI-2006-06919 MadWifi before 0.9.3 does not properly handle reception of an AUTH frame by an IBSS node… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.8
TI-2006-06918 MadWifi, when Ad-Hoc mode is used, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.8
TI-2005-04565 The ath_rate_sample function in the ath_rate/sample/sample.c sample code in MadWifi… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.1

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Sources

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