Description
The 802.11 network stack in net80211/ieee80211_input.c in MadWifi before 0.9.3.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (system hang) via a crafted length field in nested 802.3 Ethernet frames in Fast Frame packets, which results in a NULL pointer dereference.
Published: 2007-05-24
Score: 5.0 Medium
EPSS: 4.6% Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2007-2821 The 802.11 network stack in net80211/ieee80211_input.c in MadWifi before 0.9.3.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (system hang) via a crafted length field in nested 802.3 Ethernet frames in Fast Frame packets, which results in a NULL pointer dereference.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-479-1 MadWifi vulnerabilities
History

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-07T13:49:57.611Z

Reserved: 2007-05-23T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2007-2829

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Status : Modified

Published: 2007-05-24T02:30:00.000

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

Link: CVE-2007-2829

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