CVE-2006-7177

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 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2006-7177 is rated Moderate Risk (61.5/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 3.29%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-7177

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 2025-11-16 3.38% 3.29% -0.09%
2 2025-07-26 2.61% 3.38% +0.76%
3 2025-04-24 — 2.61% —

Full EPSS history (15 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2006-7177

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.8 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C 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:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
 10.0 6.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2006-7177

OS Trackers for CVE-2006-7177

vendor priority summary link
redhat — — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2006-7177
ubuntu medium CVE-2006-7177 medium priority: Ubuntu including 3 source packages (linux-restricted-modules-2.6.15, linux-restricted-modules-2.6.17, linux-restricted-modules-2.6.20), 12 status rows across 4 suites (dapper, edgy, feisty, upstream): DNE 6, needs-triage 3, released 3. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2006-7177

Vendor comments (NVD) for CVE-2006-7177

  • 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-2006-7177

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
madwifi madwifi 0.9.2 cpe:2.3:a:madwifi:madwifi:0.9.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2006-7177

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