CVE-2007-2829 The 802.11 network stack in net80211/ieee80211_input.c in MadWifi before 0.9.3.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (syste
Medium 5.0
Published
Updated
Check this codebase for CVE-2007-2829 and fix it if it is affected.
What it is: CVE-2007-2829 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 24 May 2007.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2007-2829 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Affected product: n/a. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.
Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.
Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2007-2829/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2007-2829/index.md)
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2007-2829?
CVE-2007-2829 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 24 May 2007.
Official description
The 802.11 network stack in net80211/ieee80211_input.c in MadWifi before 0.9.3.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (system hang) via a crafted length field in nested 802.3 Ethernet frames in Fast Frame packets, which results in a NULL pointer dereference.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2007-2829?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Madwifi Madwifi.
How do I fix CVE-2007-2829?
No fix has been published for CVE-2007-2829 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2007-2829 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2007-2829 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-cxq4-49hh-68j9.