CVE-2019-3846

CWE-122 — Heap-based Buffer OverflowCWE-787 — Out-of-bounds Write16 documents9 sources
Severity
8.8HIGH
EPSS
1.1%
top 21.81%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
7
Linux Linux KernelCanonical Ubuntu LinuxDebian Debian Linux+4 more
Timeline
PublishedJun 3
Latest updateMay 24

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 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_kernel3.0 — 3.16.70+5
▶CVEListV5kerneln/a
▶Debianlinux< 4.19.37-4+3
▶NVDopensuse/leap15.0, 15.1, 42.3+2

Also affects: Debian Linux 8.0, 9.0, Fedora 29, 30, Ubuntu Linux 14.04, 16.04, 18.04, 19.04, Enterprise Linux 6.0, 7.0, 8.0

Patches

Patch: bugzilla.redhat.com ↗Patch: seclists.org ↗Patch: bugzilla.redhat.com ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

4
GHSA
GHSA-3fcq-fcfj-jgfq: A flaw that allowed an attacker to corrupt memory and possibly escalate privileges was found in the mwifiex kernel module while connecting to a malici↗2022-05-24
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CVEList
CVE-2019-3846: A flaw that allowed an attacker to corrupt memory and possibly escalate privileges was found in the mwifiex kernel module while connecting to a malici↗2019-06-03
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OSV
CVE-2019-3846: A flaw that allowed an attacker to corrupt memory and possibly escalate privileges was found in the mwifiex kernel module while connecting to a malici↗2019-06-03
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Kernel
mwifiex: Fix possible buffer overflows at parsing bss descriptor↗2019-05-29
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📋Vendor Advisories

8
Ubuntu
Linux kernel (AWS) vulnerabilities↗2019-09-02
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Ubuntu
Linux kernel (AWS) vulnerabilities↗2019-09-02
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Ubuntu
Linux kernel (Xenial HWE) vulnerabilities↗2019-08-13
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Ubuntu
Linux kernel vulnerabilities↗2019-08-13
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Ubuntu
Linux kernel vulnerabilities↗2019-08-13
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💬Community

3
Bugzilla
CVE-2019-1010060 cfitsio: buffer overflow leads to arbitrary code execution↗2020-06-25
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Bugzilla
CVE-2019-3846 kernel: Heap overflow in mwifiex_update_bss_desc_with_ie function in marvell/mwifiex/scan.c [fedora-all]↗2019-05-30
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Bugzilla
CVE-2019-3846 kernel: Heap overflow in mwifiex_update_bss_desc_with_ie function in marvell/mwifiex/scan.c↗2019-05-22
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