The Wireless Tools Project maintains a legacy command-line utility suite for configuring wireless network interfaces on Linux systems, a narrowly scoped but historically significant component of network administration toolkits. The project's vulnerability profile centers on a classic buffer-overflow weakness in its core wireless_tools product, reflecting the memory-safety challenges inherent to C-based system utilities. Current severity, exploitation, and exposure counts are shown alongside this summary.
The number and severity of CVEs published that impact products developed by Wireless Tools Project over time
Signals from CVEs in this vendor scope (2 CVEs).
2 CVEs · Highest risk first
| CVE | Published | CVSS | Risk | KEV | Exploit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
CVE-2003-0947HIGH Buffer overflow in iwconfig, when installed setuid, allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a long OUT environment variable. | Dec 15, 2003 | 7.2 | 30 | NO | YES |
CVE-2003-0948HIGH Buffer overflow in iwconfig allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a long HOME environment variable. | Dec 15, 2003 | 7.2 | 27 | NO | YES |
Signals from CVEs in this vendor scope (2 CVEs).
An overview of all social media posts that mention a CVE ID that affects a product developed by Wireless Tools Project.
Media articles that mention a CVE ID that affects a product developed by Wireless Tools Project — matched by CVE ID, not by vendor name.