CVE-2004-0459

Published Jul 7, 2004

Last updated 7 years ago

Overview

Description: The Clear Channel Assessment (CCA) algorithm in the IEEE 802.11 wireless protocol, when using DSSS transmission encoding, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a certain RF signal that causes a channel to appear busy (aka "jabber"), which prevents devices from transmitting data.
Source: cve@mitre.org
NVD status: Modified

Risk scores

CVSS 2.0

Type: Primary
Base score: 5
Impact score: 2.9
Exploitability score: 10
Vector string: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Weaknesses

nvd@nist.gov: NVD-CWE-Other

Hype score: Not currently trending

Configurations

[
  {
    "nodes": [
      {
        "negate": false,
        "cpeMatch": [
          {
            "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:ieee:802.11_wireless_protocol:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "vulnerable": true,
            "matchCriteriaId": "958DB9C5-0184-4D27-ABB6-218B7570905F"
          }
        ],
        "operator": "OR"
      }
    ]
  }
]

References