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.

CVSS v3.0 9.8 CRITICAL
CVSS v2.0 7.5 HIGH

9.8^/10

CVSS v3.0 : CRITICAL

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

7.5^/10

CVSS v2.0 : HIGH

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

Exploitability : 10.0 / Impact : 6.4

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

Link	Resource
https://marc.info/?l=linux-wireless&m=156901391225058&w=2	Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TASE2ESEZAER6DTZH3DJ4K2JNO46TVL7/
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20191031-0005/
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Nov/11
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/155212/Slackware-Security-Advisory-Slackware-14.2-kernel-Updates.html
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4186-1/
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4183-1/
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4210-1/
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4209-1/
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/01/msg00013.html
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/03/msg00001.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-03/msg00021.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-08/msg00009.html
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuApr2021.html

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Information

Published : 2019-09-24 06:15

Updated : 2021-06-14 18:15

NVD link : CVE-2019-16746

Mitre link : CVE-2019-16746

JSON object : View

Products Affected

linux

linux_kernel

CWE

CWE-120

Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow')

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