CVE-2009-2844 is a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting the cfg80211 component in Linux kernel versions before 2.6.31-rc6. Remote attackers can trigger a system crash by sending a specific sequence of malformed 802.11 beacon frames that cause a NULL pointer dereference. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 7.8, indicating high severity, with a network attack vector, low attack complexity, and a complete impact on availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
2.6.24.7CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:linux:kernel:2.6.24.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.6.25.15CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:linux:kernel:2.6.25.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
<= 2.6.16.31CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:-rc5:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.6CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.6.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
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