CVE-2006-7177 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

MadWifi, when Ad-Hoc mode is used, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (system crash) via unspecified vectors that lead to a kernel panic in the ieee80211_input function, related to "packets coming from a 'malicious' WinXP system."

Published: 2007-03-30

Score: 7.8 High

EPSS: 3.3% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

No analysis available yet.

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:madwifi:madwifi:0.9.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

No data.

No data available yet.

Remediation

No remediation available yet.

Tracking

Sign in to view the affected projects.

Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2006-7159	MadWifi, when Ad-Hoc mode is used, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (system crash) via unspecified vectors that lead to a kernel panic in the ieee80211_input function, related to "packets coming from a 'malicious' WinXP system."
Ubuntu USN	USN-479-1	MadWifi vulnerabilities

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.03345.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://madwifi.org/ticket/880
http://secunia.com/advisories/24841
http://secunia.com/advisories/25861
http://secunia.com/advisories/26083
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:082
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_14_sr.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/466689/30/6900/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23433
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-479-1

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Madwifi Madwifi

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2007-03-30T01:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T20:57:39.686Z

Reserved: 2007-03-29T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2006-7177

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2007-03-30T01:19:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-23T00:35:47.467

Link: CVE-2006-7177

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

{"containers": {"cna": {"affected": [{"product": "n/a", "vendor": "n/a", "versions": [{"status": "affected", "version": "n/a"}]}], "datePublic": "2006-09-14T00:00:00.000Z", "descriptions": [{"lang": "en", "value": "MadWifi, when Ad-Hoc mode is used, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (system crash) via unspecified vectors that lead to a kernel panic in the ieee80211_input function, related to \"packets coming from a 'malicious' WinXP system.\""}], "problemTypes": [{"descriptions": [{"description": "n/a", "lang": "en", "type": "text"}]}], "providerMetadata": {"dateUpdated": "2018-10-16T14:57:01.000Z", "orgId": "8254265b-2729-46b6-b9e3-3dfca2d5bfca", "shortName": "mitre"}, "references": [{"name": "USN-479-1", "tags": ["vendor-advisory", "x_refsource_UBUNTU"], "url": "http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-479-1"}, {"name": "MDKSA-2007:082", "tags": ["vendor-advisory", "x_refsource_MANDRIVA"], "url": "http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:082"}, {"name": "26083", "tags": ["third-party-advisory", "x_refsource_SECUNIA"], "url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/26083"}, {"name": "SUSE-SR:2007:014", "tags": ["vendor-advisory", "x_refsource_SUSE"], "url": "http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_14_sr.html"}, {"name": "24841", "tags": ["third-party-advisory", "x_refsource_SECUNIA"], "url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/24841"}, {"name": "20070423 FLEA-2007-0012-1: madwifi", "tags": ["mailing-list", "x_refsource_BUGTRAQ"], "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/466689/30/6900/threaded"}, {"name": "23433", "tags": ["vdb-entry", "x_refsource_BID"], "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23433"}, {"name": "25861", "tags": ["third-party-advisory", "x_refsource_SECUNIA"], "url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/25861"}, {"tags": ["x_refsource_MISC"], "url": "http://madwifi.org/ticket/880"}], "x_legacyV4Record": {"CVE_data_meta": {"ASSIGNER": "cve@mitre.org", "ID": "CVE-2006-7177", "STATE": "PUBLIC"}, "affects": {"vendor": {"vendor_data": [{"product": {"product_data": [{"product_name": "n/a", "version": {"version_data": [{"version_value": "n/a"}]}}]}, "vendor_name": "n/a"}]}}, "data_format": "MITRE", "data_type": "CVE", "data_version": "4.0", "description": {"description_data": [{"lang": "eng", "value": "MadWifi, when Ad-Hoc mode is used, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (system crash) via unspecified vectors that lead to a kernel panic in the ieee80211_input function, related to \"packets coming from a 'malicious' WinXP system.\""}]}, "problemtype": {"problemtype_data": [{"description": [{"lang": "eng", "value": "n/a"}]}]}, "references": {"reference_data": [{"name": "USN-479-1", "refsource": "UBUNTU", "url": "http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-479-1"}, {"name": "MDKSA-2007:082", "refsource": "MANDRIVA", "url": "http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:082"}, {"name": "26083", "refsource": "SECUNIA", "url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/26083"}, {"name": "SUSE-SR:2007:014", "refsource": "SUSE", "url": "http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_14_sr.html"}, {"name": "24841", "refsource": "SECUNIA", "url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/24841"}, {"name": "20070423 FLEA-2007-0012-1: madwifi", "refsource": "BUGTRAQ", "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/466689/30/6900/threaded"}, {"name": "23433", "refsource": "BID", "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23433"}, {"name": "25861", "refsource": "SECUNIA", "url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/25861"}, {"name": "http://madwifi.org/ticket/880", "refsource": "MISC", "url": "http://madwifi.org/ticket/880"}]}}}, "adp": [{"providerMetadata": {"orgId": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108", "shortName": "CVE", "dateUpdated": "2024-08-07T20:57:39.686Z"}, "title": "CVE Program Container", "references": [{"name": "USN-479-1", "tags": ["vendor-advisory", "x_refsource_UBUNTU", "x_transferred"], "url": "http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-479-1"}, {"name": "MDKSA-2007:082", "tags": ["vendor-advisory", "x_refsource_MANDRIVA", "x_transferred"], "url": "http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:082"}, {"name": "26083", "tags": ["third-party-advisory", "x_refsource_SECUNIA", "x_transferred"], "url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/26083"}, {"name": "SUSE-SR:2007:014", "tags": ["vendor-advisory", "x_refsource_SUSE", "x_transferred"], "url": "http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_14_sr.html"}, {"name": "24841", "tags": ["third-party-advisory", "x_refsource_SECUNIA", "x_transferred"], "url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/24841"}, {"name": "20070423 FLEA-2007-0012-1: madwifi", "tags": ["mailing-list", "x_refsource_BUGTRAQ", "x_transferred"], "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/466689/30/6900/threaded"}, {"name": "23433", "tags": ["vdb-entry", "x_refsource_BID", "x_transferred"], "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23433"}, {"name": "25861", "tags": ["third-party-advisory", "x_refsource_SECUNIA", "x_transferred"], "url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/25861"}, {"tags": ["x_refsource_MISC", "x_transferred"], "url": "http://madwifi.org/ticket/880"}]}]}, "cveMetadata": {"assignerOrgId": "8254265b-2729-46b6-b9e3-3dfca2d5bfca", "assignerShortName": "mitre", "cveId": "CVE-2006-7177", "datePublished": "2007-03-30T01:00:00.000Z", "dateReserved": "2007-03-29T00:00:00.000Z", "dateUpdated": "2024-08-07T20:57:39.686Z", "state": "PUBLISHED"}, "dataType": "CVE_RECORD", "dataVersion": "5.1"}

{"configurations": [{"nodes": [{"cpeMatch": [{"criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:madwifi:madwifi:0.9.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "matchCriteriaId": "BA6E66DE-5EF4-4772-ADCB-98DA4C8D4521", "vulnerable": true}], "negate": false, "operator": "OR"}]}], "cveTags": [], "descriptions": [{"lang": "en", "value": "MadWifi, when Ad-Hoc mode is used, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (system crash) via unspecified vectors that lead to a kernel panic in the ieee80211_input function, related to \"packets coming from a 'malicious' WinXP system.\""}, {"lang": "es", "value": "MadWifi, cuando es usado en modo Ad-Hoc, permite a atacantes remotos provocar denegaci\u00f3n de servicio (caida de sistema) a trav\u00e9s de vectores no especificados que van delante del un kernel panic en la funci\u00f3n ieee80211_input, relacionado con \"paquetes de llegada desde un sistema WinXP 'mailicioso'.\""}], "id": "CVE-2006-7177", "lastModified": "2026-04-23T00:35:47.467", "metrics": {"cvssMetricV2": [{"acInsufInfo": false, "baseSeverity": "HIGH", "cvssData": {"accessComplexity": "LOW", "accessVector": "NETWORK", "authentication": "NONE", "availabilityImpact": "COMPLETE", "baseScore": 7.8, "confidentialityImpact": "NONE", "integrityImpact": "NONE", "vectorString": "AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C", "version": "2.0"}, "exploitabilityScore": 10.0, "impactScore": 6.9, "obtainAllPrivilege": false, "obtainOtherPrivilege": false, "obtainUserPrivilege": false, "source": "nvd@nist.gov", "type": "Primary", "userInteractionRequired": false}]}, "published": "2007-03-30T01:19:00.000", "references": [{"source": "cve@mitre.org", "url": "http://madwifi.org/ticket/880"}, {"source": "cve@mitre.org", "url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/24841"}, {"source": "cve@mitre.org", "url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/25861"}, {"source": "cve@mitre.org", "url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/26083"}, {"source": "cve@mitre.org", "url": "http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:082"}, {"source": "cve@mitre.org", "url": "http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_14_sr.html"}, {"source": "cve@mitre.org", "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/466689/30/6900/threaded"}, {"source": "cve@mitre.org", "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23433"}, {"source": "cve@mitre.org", "url": "http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-479-1"}, {"source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108", "url": "http://madwifi.org/ticket/880"}, {"source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108", "url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/24841"}, {"source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108", "url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/25861"}, {"source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108", "url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/26083"}, {"source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108", "url": "http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:082"}, {"source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108", "url": "http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_14_sr.html"}, {"source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108", "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/466689/30/6900/threaded"}, {"source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108", "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23433"}, {"source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108", "url": "http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-479-1"}], "sourceIdentifier": "cve@mitre.org", "vendorComments": [{"comment": "Not vulnerable. The MadWiFi wireless driver is not shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1, 3, 4, or 5.", "lastModified": "2007-04-17T00:00:00", "organization": "Red Hat"}], "vulnStatus": "Modified", "weaknesses": [{"description": [{"lang": "en", "value": "NVD-CWE-Other"}], "source": "nvd@nist.gov", "type": "Primary"}]}