CVE-2006-6332
Stack-based buffer overflow in net80211/ieee80211_wireless.c in MadWifi before 0.9.2.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code…
- 7.5HighCVSS base score
- 21.5%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 2.4% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 3Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
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.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list 3 Exploit-DB entries for it.
Show the exploits3
Exploit-DB3 entries
- Madwifi - SIOCGIWSCAN Buffer Overflow (Metasploit) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 16835remote, linuxpublished 20 Sept 2010Verified
- Madwifi 0.9.2.1 - WPA/RSN IE Remote Kernel Buffer Overflow (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 3389remote, linuxpublished 1 Mar 2007Verified
- Madwifi < 0.9.2.1 - SIOCGIWSCAN Buffer Overflow (Metasploit) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 10024remote, linuxpublished 8 Dec 2006Verified
Modules, templates and exploits as listed by the Metasploit Framework (BSD-3-Clause), ProjectDiscovery's Nuclei templates (MIT) and the Exploit Database (GPLv2), read once a day. Where the data comes from
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 4 days later
· 4 days later
Published
- 18 years later
· 18 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 21.5% · top 2.4% of all CVEs (11 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
References14
- SUSE-SA:2006:074 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- 21486 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- http://madwifi.org/changeset/1842 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- SUSE-SR:2006:028 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- GLSA-200612-09 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- 23335 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 23277 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://madwifi.org/wiki/news/20061207/release-0-9-2-1-fixes-critical-security-issue (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- VU#925529 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNx_transferred
- ADV-2006-4901 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- USN-404-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- madwifi-giwscan-encode-bo(30800) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 23694 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- [Dailydave] 20061208 Madwifi SIOCSIWSCAN vulnerability (CVE-2006-6332) (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2006-6315 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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