CVE-2019-16746

Aliases:UBUNTU-CVE-2019-16746DEBIAN-CVE-2019-16746
Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 42
Modified
Published: 24 Sept 2019, 05:55
Last modified:05 Aug 2024, 01:24

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
high
70/100
CVSS Score
9.8 CRITICAL
v3.1 (nvd)
EPSS Score
12.65% MEDIUM
13% probability +10.05%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

24 Sept 2019, 05:55
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
05 Aug 2024, 01:24
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

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 Metrics

  • v4.0•MEDIUM•Score: 6.8CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
  • v3.1•CRITICAL•Score: 9.8CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • v2.0•HIGH•Score: 7.5AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 12.65%• Percentile: 96%

Techniques & Countermeasures

  • CWE-120•Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow')

    The product copies an input buffer to an output buffer without verifying that the size of the input buffer is less than the size of the output buffer.

Affected Systems

  • canonical•ubuntu_linux

    16.04 | 18.04 | 19.04 | 19.10

  • debian•linux

    < 5.3.7-1 | < 5.3.7-1 | < 5.3.7-1 | < 5.3.7-1

  • ubuntu•linux

    all | < 4.4.0-168.197 | < 4.15.0-72.81

  • ubuntu•linux-aws

    < 4.4.0-1058.62 | < 4.4.0-1098.109 | < 4.15.0-1056.58

  • ubuntu•linux-aws-5.0

    < 5.0.0-1022.25~18.04.1

  • ubuntu•linux-aws-fips

    < 4.15.0-2018.18 | all

  • ubuntu•linux-aws-hwe

    < 4.15.0-1056.58~16.04.1

  • ubuntu•linux-azure

    < 4.15.0-1064.69~14.04.1 | < 4.15.0-1064.69 | < 5.0.0-1027.29~18.04.1

  • ubuntu•linux-azure-edge

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-azure-fde

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-azure-fips

    < 4.15.0-2006.7 | all

  • ubuntu•linux-bluefield

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-fips

    < 4.4.0-1025.30 | all

  • ubuntu•linux-gcp

    < 4.15.0-1050.53 | < 5.0.0-1026.27~18.04.1

  • ubuntu•linux-gcp-edge

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-gcp-fips

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-gke

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-gke-4.15

    < 4.15.0-1049.52

  • ubuntu•linux-gke-5.0

    < 5.0.0-1026.27~18.04.2

  • ubuntu•linux-hwe

    < 4.15.0-72.81~16.04.1 | < 5.0.0-37.40~18.04.1

  • ubuntu•linux-hwe-edge

    all | all

  • ubuntu•linux-intel-iot-realtime

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-kvm

    < 4.4.0-1062.69 | < 4.15.0-1051.51

  • ubuntu•linux-lts-xenial

    < 4.4.0-168.197~14.04.1

  • ubuntu•linux-oem

    < 4.15.0-1065.75

  • ubuntu•linux-oem-osp1

    < 5.0.0-1030.34

  • ubuntu•linux-oracle

    < 4.15.0-1030.33~16.04.1 | < 4.15.0-1030.33

  • ubuntu•linux-oracle-5.0

    < 5.0.0-1008.13~18.04.1

  • ubuntu•linux-raspi-realtime

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-raspi2

    < 4.4.0-1125.134 | < 4.15.0-1052.56 | all

  • ubuntu•linux-realtime

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-riscv

    all | all

  • ubuntu•linux-snapdragon

    < 4.4.0-1129.137 | < 4.15.0-1069.76

  • debian•debian_linux

    8.0

  • fedoraproject•fedora

    30

  • linux•linux_kernel

    ≥ 2.6.25, < 3.16.79 | ≥ 3.17, < 4.4.197 | ≥ 4.5, < 4.9.197 | ≥ 4.10, < 4.14.149 | ≥ 4.15, < 4.19.79 | ≥ 4.20, < 5.3.6

  • opensuse•leap

    15.1

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