Atheros Wireless Drivers Denial of Service Vulnerability

Atheros Wireless Drivers Denial of Service Vulnerability

Atheros wireless drivers are prone to a denial-of-service vulnerability because they fail to properly handle malformed wireless frames.

Remote attackers may exploit this issue to cause denial-of-service conditions.

Atheros drivers are also used by OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) wireless adapters. Therefore, various brands of wireless adapters using the Atheros chipset are affected by this vulnerability.

This issue is reported to affect drivers for the Windows operating system. Note that Linux, UNIX, and BSD computers may be vulnerable if using the NDISWrapper or similar technology to load an affected driver.