CVE-2006-6332

Exp

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.

Published: 2006-12-10 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2006-6332 is rated High Exploit Risk (74/100): CVSS High severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 19.68%, 97th percentile). 3 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2006-6332

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
16835 exploit_db edb 2010-09-20 Exploit-DB ↗
3389 exploit_db edb 2007-03-01 Exploit-DB ↗
10024 exploit_db edb 2006-12-08 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-6332

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 60.84% 19.68% -41.16%
2 2025-11-12 60.31% 60.84% +0.52%
3 2025-07-29 — 60.31% —

Full EPSS history (15 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2006-6332

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.5 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 10.0 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2006-6332

OS Trackers for CVE-2006-6332

vendor priority summary link
alpine — CVE-2006-6332: no source package rows; 0 state rows across 0 repos (none); fixed 0, open 0. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2006-6332
gentoo high CVE-2006-6332: 1 GLSA(s) (200612-09), 1 atom(s) (net-wireless/madwifi-ng); latest impact high. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2006-6332
redhat — — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2006-6332
ubuntu medium CVE-2006-6332 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (linux-restricted-modules-2.6.17), 4 status rows across 4 suites (dapper, edgy, feisty, upstream): DNE 2, needs-triage 1, released 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2006-6332

Vendor comments (NVD) for CVE-2006-6332

  • Red Hat (2007-04-17T00:00:00)

    Not vulnerable. The MadWiFi wireless driver is not shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1, 3, 4, or 5.

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2006-6332

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
madwifi madwifi 0.9.2.1 cpe:2.3:a:madwifi:madwifi:0.9.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2006-6332

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