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CVE-2019-16746

An issue was discovered in net/wireless/nl80211.c in the Linux kernel through 5.2.17. It does not check the length of variable elements in a beacon head, leading to a buffer overflow.

Published

2019-09-24T06:15:10.400

Last Modified

2024-11-21T04:31:06.460

Status

Modified

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.1: 9.8 (CRITICAL)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

  • Access Vector: NETWORK
  • Access Complexity: LOW
  • Authentication: NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact: PARTIAL
  • Integrity Impact: PARTIAL
  • Availability Impact: PARTIAL
Exploitability Score

10.0

Impact Score

6.4

Weaknesses
  • Type: Primary
    CWE-120
Affected Vendors & Products
Type Vendor Product Version/Range Vulnerable?
Operating System linux linux_kernel < 3.16.79 Yes
Operating System linux linux_kernel < 4.4.197 Yes
Operating System linux linux_kernel < 4.9.197 Yes
Operating System linux linux_kernel < 4.14.149 Yes
Operating System linux linux_kernel < 4.19.79 Yes
Operating System linux linux_kernel < 5.3.6 Yes
Operating System debian debian_linux 8.0 Yes
Operating System canonical ubuntu_linux 16.04 Yes
Operating System canonical ubuntu_linux 18.04 Yes
Operating System canonical ubuntu_linux 19.04 Yes
Operating System canonical ubuntu_linux 19.10 Yes
Operating System fedoraproject fedora 30 Yes
Operating System opensuse leap 15.1 Yes
References