{"cve":"CVE-2007-5938","nvd":{"published":"2007-12-06T15:46:00.000","modified":"2026-06-16T22:47:04.760","status":"Modified","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.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":["CWE-189"],"references":["http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.drivers.ipw3945.devel/1618","http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=199209","http://osvdb.org/44749","http://secunia.com/advisories/29236","http://www.intellinuxwireless.org/repos/?p=iwlwifi.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=25db44d4cdfe31d59223d74cb577f4a71aff1a40"],"products":["intel:pro_wireless_3945abg","intel:wireless_wifi_link_4965agn"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T19:49:50.107194424+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2007-5938","score":0.0214,"percentile":0.82042,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}