VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE
CVE-2007-4997
CVSS score7.1 HIGH
EPSS probability3.24%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2007-11-06
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Description
Integer underflow in the ieee80211_rx function in net/ieee80211/ieee80211_rx.c in the Linux kernel 2.6.x before 2.6.23 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted SKB length value in a runt IEEE 802.11 frame when the IEEE80211_STYPE_QOS_DATA flag is set, aka an "off-by-two error."