CVE-2006-7179

ieee80211_input.c in MadWifi before 0.9.3 does not properly process Channel Switch Announcement Information Elements (CSA IEs), which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (loss of communication) via a Channel Switch Count less than or equal to one, triggering a channel change.

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-2006-7179 is rated High Risk (65.8/100): CVSS High severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 9.79%, 93th percentile). EPSS ranks this CVE among the most likely to be exploited in the near term. EPSS rose +2.06% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. High exploitation likelihood—assess exposure and prioritize remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-7179

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 2026-04-23 7.73% 9.79% +2.06%
2 2025-11-16 6.49% 7.73% +1.24%
3 2025-07-26 — 6.49% —

Full EPSS history (16 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2006-7179

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-2006-7179

OS Trackers for CVE-2006-7179

vendor priority summary link
gentoo normal CVE-2006-7179: 1 GLSA(s) (200704-15), 1 atom(s) (net-wireless/madwifi-ng); latest impact normal. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2006-7179
redhat — — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2006-7179
ubuntu medium CVE-2006-7179 medium priority: Ubuntu including 2 source packages (linux-restricted-modules-2.6.17, linux-restricted-modules-2.6.20), 8 status rows across 4 suites (dapper, edgy, feisty, upstream): DNE 4, needs-triage 2, released 2. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2006-7179

Vendor comments (NVD) for CVE-2006-7179

  • 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-2006-7179

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
madwifi madwifi <= 0.9.2 cpe:2.3:a:madwifi:madwifi:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
madwifi madwifi <= 0.9.2.1 cpe:2.3:a:madwifi:madwifi:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2006-7179

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