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Improper Input Validation

CVE-2008-1144

Medium
6.3/10

Summary

The Marvell driver for the Netgear WN802T Wi-Fi access point with firmware 1.3.16 on the Marvell 88W8361P-BEM1 chipset does not properly parse EAPoL-Key packets, which allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (device reboot or hang) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a malformed EAPoL-Key packet with a crafted "advertised length."

  • MEDIUM
  • NETWORK
  • SINGLE
  • NONE
  • NONE
  • COMPLETE

CWE-20 - Improper Input Validation

The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published