CVE detail
CVE-2007-5938 — CVE-2007-5938
Published 2007-12-06 · Modified 2026-06-16 · Vendor intel · Product pro_wireless_3945abg · Source nvd
UNKNOWN
severity
CVSS-derived band
0.0214
EPSS probability
exploitation probability, 30d
80.0%
EPSS percentile
percentile vs all CVEs
NOT LISTED
CISA KEV
known exploited catalog
Description
The iwl_set_rate function in compatible/iwl3945-base.c in iwlwifi 1.1.21 and earlier dereferences an iwl_get_hw_mode return value without checking for NULL, which might allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (kernel panic) via unspecified vectors during module initialization.
Remediation
No vendor-published fix data in our corpus for this CVE. Check the references below or the vendor's PSIRT / security advisories page.
References