CVEvulnerability

CVE-2007-2831

10.0 HIGH Published 2007-05-24 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2007-05-24
Last modified
2026-06-16
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
10.0 HIGH — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weaknesses
CWE-119

Description

Array index error in the (1) ieee80211_ioctl_getwmmparams and (2) ieee80211_ioctl_setwmmparams functions in net80211/ieee80211_wireless.c in MadWifi before 0.9.3.1 allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash), possibly obtain kernel memory contents, and possibly execute arbitrary code via a large negative array index value.

Affected configurations

• madwifi madwifi (<= 0.9.3) • madwifi madwifi 0.9.0 • madwifi madwifi 0.9.1 • madwifi madwifi 0.9.2 • madwifi madwifi 0.9.2.1

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer weakness

References