Description
MadWifi, when Ad-Hoc mode is used, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (system crash) via unspecified vectors that lead to a kernel panic in the ieee80211_input function, related to "packets coming from a 'malicious' WinXP system."
Published: 2007-03-30
Score: 7.8 High
EPSS: 3.3% Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2006-7159 MadWifi, when Ad-Hoc mode is used, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (system crash) via unspecified vectors that lead to a kernel panic in the ieee80211_input function, related to "packets coming from a 'malicious' WinXP system."
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-479-1 MadWifi vulnerabilities
History

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-07T20:57:39.686Z

Reserved: 2007-03-29T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2006-7177

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Status : Modified

Published: 2007-03-30T01:19:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-23T00:35:47.467

Link: CVE-2006-7177

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