CVEvulnerability

CVE-2001-0160

5.0 MEDIUM Published 2001-01-01 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2001-01-01
Last modified
2026-06-16
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
5.0 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Description

Lucent/ORiNOCO WaveLAN cards generate predictable Initialization Vector (IV) values for the Wireless Encryption Protocol (WEP) which allows remote attackers to quickly compile information that will let them decrypt messages.

Affected configurations

• lucent wavelan • orinoco orinoco wavelan

Related

Referenced by CWE · observed example (1)

  • CWE-1204 Generation of Weak Initialization Vector (IV) weakness

References