CVE-2007-2829 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in the MadWifi 802.11 network stack, specifically affecting versions before 0.9.3.1. Remote attackers can exploit this by sending crafted Fast Frame packets with malformed nested 802.3 Ethernet frames, leading to a system hang due to a NULL pointer dereference. With a CVSS score of 5.0, it is a medium severity vulnerability, easily exploitable over the network with low attack complexity, resulting in a partial availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 0.9.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:madwifi:madwifi:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
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 version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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