Vulnerability Report

CVE-2019-16746

Title: Canonical Ubuntu Linux Memory Corruption

Memory Corruption

Proof Of Concept

PoC Available for CVE-2019-16746

CWE Category CWE-120
Published Date Sep 24, 2019
Modified Date Nov 21, 2024
Exploit Status Available
Score 9.8 CVSS v3.1
Exploit Probability (EPSS)
12.65%

Vulnerability Summary

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.

Impacted Vendors

U
ubuntu 2
C
canonical 1
R
redhat 1
F
fedoraproject 1
O
opensuse 1
L
linux 1
D
debian 1
C
cisco 1
G
gowondesigns 1

Reference Links

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-03/msg00021.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-08/msg00009.html http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/155212/Slackware-Security-Advisory-Slackware-14.2-kernel-Updates.html https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/01/msg00013.html https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/03/msg00001.html https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TASE2ESEZAER6DTZH3DJ4K2JNO46TVL7/ https://marc.info/?l=linux-wireless&m=156901391225058&w=2 https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Nov/11 https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20191031-0005/ https://usn.ubuntu.com/4183-1/ https://usn.ubuntu.com/4186-1/ https://usn.ubuntu.com/4209-1/ https://usn.ubuntu.com/4210-1/ https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuApr2021.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-03/msg00021.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-08/msg00009.html http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/155212/Slackware-Security-Advisory-Slackware-14.2-kernel-Updates.html https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/01/msg00013.html https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/03/msg00001.html https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TASE2ESEZAER6DTZH3DJ4K2JNO46TVL7/ https://marc.info/?l=linux-wireless&m=156901391225058&w=2 https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Nov/11 https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20191031-0005/ https://usn.ubuntu.com/4183-1/ https://usn.ubuntu.com/4186-1/ https://usn.ubuntu.com/4209-1/ https://usn.ubuntu.com/4210-1/ https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuApr2021.html
CVSS v3.1
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity CRITICAL
9.8
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
N/A
Interaction
NONE
Confidentiality
N/A
Integrity
N/A
Availability
N/A
Scope
UNCHANGED
RAW VECTOR CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v2.0
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity HIGH
7.5
Access Vector
N/A
Authentication
N/A
RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2019-16746 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

GitHub https://github.com/uthrasri/CVE-2019-16746
View Code
MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector NETWORK
Complexity LOW
Privileges N/A
Interaction NONE
CVSS Vector String CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.