CVE-2019-3846
Vulnerability Summary
Timeline
Description
A flaw that allowed an attacker to corrupt memory and possibly escalate privileges was found in the mwifiex kernel module while connecting to a malicious wireless network.
CVSS Metrics
- v4.0•HIGH•Score: 8.7CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- v3.1•HIGH•Score: 8.8CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- v3.0•HIGH•Score: 8CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- v2.0•HIGH•Score: 8.3AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
EPSS Trends
Current EPSS score: 5.65%• Percentile: 93%
Techniques & Countermeasures
- CWE-122•Heap-based Buffer Overflow
A heap overflow condition is a buffer overflow, where the buffer that can be overwritten is allocated in the heap portion of memory, generally meaning that the buffer was allocated using a routine such as malloc().
- CWE-787•Out-of-bounds Write
The product writes data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer.
Affected Systems
- canonical•ubuntu_linux
14.04 | 16.04 | 18.04 | 19.04
- debian•linux
< 4.19.37-4 | < 4.19.37-4 | < 4.19.37-4 | < 4.19.37-4
- ubuntu•linux
all | < 4.4.0-159.187 | < 4.15.0-58.64
- ubuntu•linux-aws
< 4.4.0-1054.58 | < 4.4.0-1090.101 | < 4.15.0-1047.49
- ubuntu•linux-aws-fips
< 4.15.0-2018.18 | all
- ubuntu•linux-aws-hwe
< 4.15.0-1047.49~16.04.1
- ubuntu•linux-azure
< 4.15.0-1059.64~14.04.1
- ubuntu•linux-azure-fde
all
- ubuntu•linux-azure-fips
< 4.15.0-2006.7 | all
- ubuntu•linux-bluefield
all
- ubuntu•linux-fips
< 4.4.0-1017.22
- ubuntu•linux-gcp
< 4.15.0-1040.42~16.04.1 | < 4.15.0-1040.42
- ubuntu•linux-gcp-fips
all
- ubuntu•linux-gke
all
- ubuntu•linux-gke-4.15
< 4.15.0-1040.42
- ubuntu•linux-hwe
< 4.15.0-58.64~16.04.1 | < 5.0.0-25.26~18.04.1
- ubuntu•linux-hwe-edge
all
- ubuntu•linux-intel-iot-realtime
all
- ubuntu•linux-lts-xenial
< 4.4.0-164.192~14.04.1
- ubuntu•linux-oem
< 4.15.0-1050.57
- ubuntu•linux-oem-osp1
< 5.0.0-1018.20
- ubuntu•linux-oracle
< 4.15.0-1021.23~16.04.1 | < 4.15.0-1021.23
- ubuntu•linux-raspi-realtime
all
- ubuntu•linux-raspi2
< 4.4.0-1118.127 | < 4.15.0-1043.46
- ubuntu•linux-realtime
all
- ubuntu•linux-riscv
all | all
- ubuntu•linux-snapdragon
< 4.4.0-1122.128 | < 4.15.0-1060.66
- debian•debian_linux
8.0 | 9.0
- fedoraproject•fedora
29 | 30
- linux•linux_kernel
≥ 3.0, < 3.16.70 | ≥ 3.17, < 4.4.186 | ≥ 4.5, < 4.9.186 | ≥ 4.10, < 4.14.134 | ≥ 4.15, < 4.19.59 | ≥ 4.20, < 5.1.18
- netapp•a700s_firmware
na
- netapp•active_iq_unified_manager_for_vmware_vsphere
≥ 9.5
- netapp•cn1610_firmware
na
- netapp•h610s_firmware
na
- netapp•hci_management_node
na
- netapp•solidfire
na
- opensuse•leap
15.0 | 15.1 | 42.3
- redhat•enterprise_linux
6.0 | 7.0 | 8.0
References (38)
- https://seclists.org/oss-sec/2019/q2/133
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-3846
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/KLGWJKLMTBBB53D5QLS4HOY2EH246WBE/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/J36BIJTKEPUOZKJNHQBUZA47RQONUKOI/
- https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4465
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/06/msg00010.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/06/msg00011.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-06/msg00039.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-06/msg00040.html
- https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Jun/26
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-06/msg00048.html
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190710-0002/
- https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Jul/33
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/153702/Slackware-Security-Advisory-Slackware-14.2-kernel-Updates.html
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4093-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4094-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4095-2/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4095-1/
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154245/Kernel-Live-Patch-Security-Notice-LSN-0054-1.html
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4117-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4118-1/
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2703
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2741
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3076
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3055
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3089
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154951/Kernel-Live-Patch-Security-Notice-LSN-0058-1.html
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0174
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-3846
- https://lore.kernel.org/linux-wireless/20190529125220.17066-1-tiwai@suse.de/
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4093-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4094-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4095-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4095-2
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4117-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4118-1
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-3846
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2019-3846