Stack-based buffer overflow in aircrack-ng airodump-ng 0.7 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted 802.11 authentication packets.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2007-2057 is rated High Exploit Risk (89.9/100): CVSS Critical severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 58.71%, 98th percentile). Core evidence: 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: 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.
| EDB-ID | Source | Kind | Published | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3724 | exploit_db | edb | 2007-04-12 | Exploit-DB ↗ |
| — | nvd_ref | exploit_tag | Exploit-DB ↗ |
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 | 2026-03-21 | 58.17% | 58.71% | +0.54% |
| 2 | 2026-02-13 | 40.86% | 58.17% | +17.31% |
| 3 | 2025-12-05 | — | 40.86% | — |
Full EPSS history (15 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10.0 | 2.0 | HIGH |
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10.0 | 10.0 | [email protected] |
| vendor | priority | summary | link |
|---|---|---|---|
debian
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medium | CVE-2007-2057 medium priority: Debian including 1 source packages (aircrack-ng), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. | https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2007-2057 |
gentoo
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high | CVE-2007-2057: 1 GLSA(s) (200704-16), 1 atom(s) (net-wireless/aircrack-ng); latest impact high. | https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2007-2057 |
ubuntu
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medium | CVE-2007-2057 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (aircrack-ng), 5 status rows across 5 suites (dapper, edgy, feisty, gutsy, upstream): released 2, DNE 1, needs-triage 1, not-affected 1. | https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2007-2057 |
| Vendor | Product | Version | Raw CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| aircrack-ng | airodump-ng | 0.7 | cpe:2.3:a:aircrack-ng:airodump-ng:0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |