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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…
High8.0EPSS 5.9%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- redhat
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| redhatCNA (assigner) | 3.0 | High8.0 | CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | High8.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 5.9% · top 6.7% of all CVEs (7 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 8.0.
Weakness
Affected products
kernel
- affected n/a
References (28)
- https://seclists.org/oss-sec/2019/q2/133 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-3846 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- FEDORA-2019-7ec378191e (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- FEDORA-2019-f40bd7826f (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- DSA-4465 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- [debian-lts-announce] 20190617 [SECURITY] [DLA 1823-1] linux security update (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [debian-lts-announce] 20190618 [SECURITY] [DLA 1824-1] linux-4.9 security update (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2019:1570 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2019:1571 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- 20190618 [SECURITY] [DSA 4465-1] linux security update (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2019:1579 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190710-0002/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 20190722 [slackware-security] Slackware 14.2 kernel (SSA:2019-202-01) (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/153702/Slackware-Security-Advisory-Slackware-14.2-kernel-Updates.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- USN-4093-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- USN-4094-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- USN-4095-2 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- USN-4095-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154245/Kernel-Live-Patch-Security-Notice-LSN-0054-1.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- USN-4117-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- USN-4118-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- RHSA-2019:2703 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- RHSA-2019:2741 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- RHSA-2019:3076 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- RHSA-2019:3055 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- RHSA-2019:3089 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154951/Kernel-Live-Patch-Security-Notice-LSN-0058-1.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- RHSA-2020:0174 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- 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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