CVE-2019-17666 — Classic Buffer Overflow in Kernel

CWE-120 — Classic Buffer Overflow25 documents9 sources
Severity
8.8HIGHNVD
OSV6.5
EPSS
0.4%
top 36.43%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
5
Linux KernelDebian LinuxCanonical Ubuntu Linux+2 more
Timeline
PublishedOct 17
Latest updateMay 24

Description

rtl_p2p_noa_ie in drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtlwifi/ps.c in the Linux kernel through 5.3.6 lacks a certain upper-bound check, leading to a buffer overflow.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 2.8 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages5 packages

▶NVDlinux/linux_kernel3.17 — 4.4.199+6
▶Debianlinux/linux_kernel< 5.3.9-1+3
▶Ubuntulinux/linux_kernel< 4.4.0-168.197+3
▶debiandebian/linux< linux 5.3.9-1 (bookworm)

Also affects: Debian Linux 8.0, Ubuntu Linux 14.04, 16.04, 18.04, 19.04, 19.10

Patches

Patch: lkml.org ↗Patch: lkml.org ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

10
GHSA
GHSA-wcxr-pc79-vh4x: rtl_p2p_noa_ie in drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtlwifi/ps↗2022-05-24
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Kernel
fortify: Detect struct member overflows in memcpy() at compile-time↗2021-04-20
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OSV
linux, linux-aws, linux-kvm vulnerabilities↗2019-11-13
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OSV
linux vulnerability↗2019-11-13
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OSV
linux-lts-xenial, linux-aws vulnerabilities↗2019-11-13
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📋Vendor Advisories

12
Android
CVE-2019-17666: Realtek rtlwifi driver↗2020-01-01
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Ubuntu
Linux kernel vulnerabilities↗2019-11-13
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Ubuntu
Linux kernel vulnerability and regression↗2019-11-13
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Ubuntu
Linux kernel vulnerabilities↗2019-11-13
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Ubuntu
Linux kernel vulnerability and regression↗2019-11-13
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💬Community

2
Bugzilla
CVE-2019-17666 kernel: rtl_p2p_noa_ie in drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtlwifi/ps.c in the Linux kernel lacks a certain upper-bound check, leading to a buffer overflow↗2019-10-21
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Bugzilla
CVE-2019-17666 kernel: rtl_p2p_noa_ie in drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtlwifi/ps.c in the Linux kernel lacks a certain upper-bound check, leading to a buffer overflow [fedora-all]↗2019-10-21
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