Vulnerability Database

289,599

Total vulnerabilities in the database

CVE-2009-2844

cfg80211 in net/wireless/scan.c in the Linux kernel 2.6.30-rc1 and other versions before 2.6.31-rc6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a sequence of beacon frames in which one frame omits an SSID Information Element (IE) and the subsequent frame contains an SSID IE, which triggers a NULL pointer dereference in the cmp_ies function. NOTE: a potential weakness in the is_mesh function was also addressed, but the relevant condition did not exist in the code, so it is not a vulnerability.

  • Published: Aug 18, 2009
  • Updated: Nov 8, 2023
  • CVE: CVE-2009-2844
  • Severity: High
  • Exploit:

CVSS v2:

  • Severity: High
  • Score: 7.8
  • AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

CWEs:

Software From Fixed in
linux / linux_kernel 2.6.11 2.6.11.x
linux / linux_kernel 2.6.16.16 2.6.16.16.x
linux / linux_kernel 2.6.11.2 2.6.11.2.x
linux / linux_kernel 2.6.15.3 2.6.15.3.x
linux / linux_kernel 2.6.11.10 2.6.11.10.x
linux / linux_kernel 2.6.1 2.6.1.x
linux / linux_kernel 2.6.14.7 2.6.14.7.x
linux / linux_kernel 2.6.13 2.6.13.x
linux / linux_kernel 2.6.13.3 2.6.13.3.x
linux / linux_kernel 2.6.11.8 2.6.11.8.x
linux / linux_kernel 2.6.14.4 2.6.14.4.x
linux / linux_kernel 2.6.14 2.6.14.x
linux / linux_kernel 2.6.16.31--rc3 2.6.16.31--rc3.x
linux / linux_kernel 2.6.16.18 2.6.16.18.x
linux / linux_kernel 2.6.10 2.6.10.x
linux / linux_kernel 2.6.14.3 2.6.14.3.x
linux / linux_kernel 2.6.11.6 2.6.11.6.x
linux / linux_kernel 2.6.11.11 2.6.11.11.x
linux / linux_kernel 2.6.16.13 2.6.16.13.x
linux / linux_kernel 2.6.16.15 2.6.16.15.x
linux / linux_kernel 2.6.15.6 2.6.15.6.x
linux / linux_kernel 2.6.15.1 2.6.15.1.x
linux / linux_kernel 2.6.11.5 2.6.11.5.x
linux / linux_kernel 2.6.16.1 2.6.16.1.x
linux / linux_kernel 2.6.14.5 2.6.14.5.x
linux / linux_kernel 2.6.13.2 2.6.13.2.x
linux / linux_kernel 2.6.13.5 2.6.13.5.x
linux / linux_kernel 2.6.16.11 2.6.16.11.x
linux / linux_kernel 2.6.16.14 2.6.16.14.x
linux / linux_kernel 2.6.16.25 2.6.16.25.x
linux / linux_kernel 2.6.16.21 2.6.16.21.x
linux / linux_kernel 2.6.16.28 2.6.16.28.x
linux / linux_kernel 2.6.14.1 2.6.14.1.x
linux / linux_kernel 2.6.16.23 2.6.16.23.x
linux / linux_kernel 2.6.12.5 2.6.12.5.x
linux / linux_kernel 2.6.15.7 2.6.15.7.x
linux / linux_kernel 2.6.16.3 2.6.16.3.x
linux / linux_kernel 2.6.14.6 2.6.14.6.x
linux / linux_kernel 2.6.12.1 2.6.12.1.x
linux / linux_kernel 2.6.11.9 2.6.11.9.x
linux / linux_kernel 2.6.0 2.6.0.x
linux / linux_kernel 2.6.13.4 2.6.13.4.x
linux / linux_kernel 2.6.12.2 2.6.12.2.x
linux / linux_kernel 2.6.16.31 2.6.16.31.x
linux / linux_kernel 2.6.16.26 2.6.16.26.x
linux / linux_kernel 2.6.16.29 2.6.16.29.x
linux / linux_kernel 2.6.16 2.6.16.x
linux / linux_kernel 2.6.15.2 2.6.15.2.x
linux / linux_kernel 2.6.16.22 2.6.16.22.x
linux / linux_kernel 2.6.16.10 2.6.16.10.x
linux / linux_kernel 2.6.12.4 2.6.12.4.x
linux / linux_kernel 2.6.11.3 2.6.11.3.x
linux / linux_kernel 2.6.16.24 2.6.16.24.x
linux / linux_kernel 2.6.16.31--rc2 2.6.16.31--rc2.x
linux / kernel 2.6.24.7 2.6.24.7.x
linux / linux_kernel 2.6.12.3 2.6.12.3.x
linux / linux_kernel 2.6.16.30 2.6.16.30.x
linux / linux_kernel 2.6.15.4 2.6.15.4.x
linux / linux_kernel 2.6.16.17 2.6.16.17.x
linux / linux_kernel 2.6.16.12 2.6.16.12.x
linux / linux_kernel 2.6.16.31--rc1 2.6.16.31--rc1.x
linux / linux_kernel 2.6.16.27 2.6.16.27.x
linux / linux_kernel 2.6.12.6 2.6.12.6.x
linux / linux_kernel - 2.6.16.31.x
linux / linux_kernel 2.6.11.7 2.6.11.7.x
linux / linux_kernel 2.6.16.2 2.6.16.2.x
linux / linux_kernel 2.6.15 2.6.15.x
linux / kernel 2.6.25.15 2.6.25.15.x
linux / linux_kernel 2.6.14.2 2.6.14.2.x
linux / linux_kernel 2.6.11.4 2.6.11.4.x
linux / linux_kernel 2.6.16.19 2.6.16.19.x
linux / linux_kernel 2.6.11.12 2.6.11.12.x
linux / linux_kernel 2.6.16.20 2.6.16.20.x
linux / linux_kernel 2.6.15.5 2.6.15.5.x
linux / linux_kernel 2.6.11.1 2.6.11.1.x
linux / linux_kernel 2.6.16.31--rc4 2.6.16.31--rc4.x
linux / linux_kernel 2.6.13.1 2.6.13.1.x
linux / linux_kernel 2.6 2.6.x
linux / linux_kernel 2.6.12 2.6.12.x