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CVE-2019-16746
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…
Critical9.8EPSS 12.7%
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- mitre
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Critical9.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 12.7% · top 3.7% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Critical 9.8.
Weakness
Affected products
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References (14)
- FEDORA-2019-057d691fd4 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- 20191108 [slackware-security] Slackware 14.2 kernel (SSA:2019-311-01) (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- USN-4183-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- USN-4186-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- USN-4209-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- USN-4210-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- [debian-lts-announce] 20200118 [SECURITY] [DLA 2068-1] linux security update (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [debian-lts-announce] 20200302 [SECURITY] [DLA 2114-1] linux-4.9 security update (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2020:0336 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2020:1153 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuApr2021.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/155212/Slackware-Security-Advisory-Slackware-14.2-kernel-Updates.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://marc.info/?l=linux-wireless&m=156901391225058&w=2 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20191031-0005/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
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- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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