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CVE-2005-4835

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2005-4835 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in the ath_rate_sample function within MadWifi versions prior to 0.9.3. This flaw allows remote attackers to crash a system by exploiting a race condition, potentially triggered by moving a connected device to a low signal area. With a CVSS score of 7.1, this vulnerability has a high severity, requiring medium attack complexity but leading to a complete loss of availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this older CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
0.9.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:madwifi:madwifi:0.9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.9.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:madwifi:madwifi:0.9.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.9.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:madwifi:madwifi:0.9.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.9.2.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:madwifi:madwifi:0.9.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

7.1HIGH

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
6.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.71%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
75.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0171 is in the 33rd percentile among its peer group of 8,914 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2005-4835

CVE-2005-4835

References

madwifi.org / ticket/162
madwifi.org / ticket/279
madwifi.org / ticket/287
madwifi.org / wiki/Releases/0.9.3
Patch
secunia.com / advisories/24841
secunia.com / advisories/26083
mandriva.com / security/advisories
novell.com / linux/security/advisories/2007_14_sr.html