CVE-2008-4441

Severity: high (CVSS 7.1 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2008-10-14 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-20

Description

The Marvell driver for the Linksys WAP4400N Wi-Fi access point with firmware 1.2.14 on the Marvell 88W8361P-BEM1 chipset, when WEP mode is enabled, does not properly parse malformed 802.11 frames, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (reboot or hang-up) via a malformed association request containing the WEP flag, as demonstrated by a request that is too short, a different vulnerability than CVE-2008-1144 and CVE-2008-1197.

Affected products

Linksys Wap400N: 1.2.14

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/32259
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4400
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/497285/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31742
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2805
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45841
http://secunia.com/advisories/32259
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4400
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/497285/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31742
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2805
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45841

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