CVE-2007-5448
Madwifi 0.9.3.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (panic) via a...
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.
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
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.
- Record
CVE-2007-5448- CVSS 2.0
- 4.3 Medium
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-20
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
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.
- Record
CVE-2007-5448- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2007-5424 No score
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.
- Record
EUVD-2007-5424- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-jwx5-frfj-fvw3 No score
Madwifi 0.9.3.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (panic) via a...
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.
- Record
GHSA-jwx5-frfj-fvw3- Weakness
- CWE-20
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| aliases, references, title | GitHub Advisories | |
| first indexed | CVE List, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2007-5448 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 4.3) in Madwifi, published October 14, 2007. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.97%, the 80th percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
securityfocus.com/bid/26052
secunia.com/advisories/27197
mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:007
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/37182
securityreason.com/securityalert/3225
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vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3493
madwifi.org/changeset/2736
gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200711-09.xml
bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=195705
sec-consult.com/298.html
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-5448
github.com/advisories/GHSA-jwx5-frfj-fvw3