CVE-2006-7179: Madwifi

High severity, CVSS 7.8. EPSS: 2.6% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Affected products

• Madwifi Madwifi: up to and including 0.9.2; up to and including 0.9.2.1

Published 2007-03-30. Last modified 2026-06-16.