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high 7.5

CVE-2006-6332 in the critical feed json

Stack-based buffer overflow in net80211/ieee80211_wireless.c in MadWifi before 0.9.2.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code vi…

published 2006-12-10 19 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2006-6315

cvss
7.5
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
21.5%
EPSS 21.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 97%
public exploits
3
Exploit-DB

Summary

Stack-based buffer overflow in net80211/ieee80211_wireless.c in MadWifi before 0.9.2.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors, related to the encode_ie and giwscan_cb functions.

Patch / fix

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-10024)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

21.48% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 97% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-16835 Madwifi - SIOCGIWSCAN Buffer Overflow (Metasploit) remote, 2010-09-20
  • EDB-10024 Madwifi < 0.9.2.1 - SIOCGIWSCAN Buffer Overflow (Metasploit) remote, 2006-12-08
  • EDB-3389 Madwifi 0.9.2.1 - WPA/RSN IE Remote Kernel Buffer Overflow remote, 2007-03-01

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 7.5 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

References

Sources

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