CVE-2005-4835: Madwifi

High severity, CVSS 7.1. EPSS: 1.7% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The ath_rate_sample function in the ath_rate/sample/sample.c sample code in MadWifi before 0.9.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (failed KASSERT and system crash) by moving a connected system to a location with low signal strength, and possibly other vectors related to a race condition between interface enabling and packet transmission.

Affected products

• Madwifi Madwifi: version 0.9.0 only; version 0.9.1 only; version 0.9.2 only; version 0.9.2.1 only

Published 2005-12-31. Last modified 2026-06-16.