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CVE-2019-16746

critical · 9.8

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.

9.8
CVSS
12.7%
EPSS (exploit prob.)
96th
EPSS percentile
2019-09-24
Published

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses

CWE-120

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versions
linuxlinux_kernel>= 2.6.25, < 3.16.79
linuxlinux_kernel>= 3.17, < 4.4.197
linuxlinux_kernel>= 4.5, < 4.9.197
linuxlinux_kernel>= 4.10, < 4.14.149
linuxlinux_kernel>= 4.15, < 4.19.79
linuxlinux_kernel>= 4.20, < 5.3.6
debiandebian_linux8.0
canonicalubuntu_linux16.04
canonicalubuntu_linux18.04
canonicalubuntu_linux19.04
canonicalubuntu_linux19.10
fedoraprojectfedora30
opensuseleap15.1

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References

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