CVE-2007-2831
HIGH · CVSS 10.0EPSS 3.5%EU EUVD
Array index error in the (1) ieee80211_ioctl_getwmmparams and (2) ieee80211_ioctl_setwmmparams functions in net80211/ieee80211_wireless.c in MadWifi before 0.9.3.1 allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash), possibly obtain kernel memory contents, and possibly execute arbitrary code via a large negative array index value.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 10.0 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-119
- EPSS score
- 3.5% (89th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2007-2823)
- Published
- May 24, 2007
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2007-2823 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- madwifi / madwifi
- madwifi / madwifi
- madwifi / madwifi
- madwifi / madwifi
- madwifi / madwifi
References
- http://madwifi.org/ticket/1334(Patch)
- http://madwifi.org/wiki/Security(Patch)
- http://osvdb.org/36637
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25339(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25622(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25763(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25861(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26083(Vendor Advisory)
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200706-04.xml
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:132
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_14_sr.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/470674/100/100/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24114
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-479-1
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1919
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/34453
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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