Critical severity · published Nov 29, 2019
CVE-2019-14901
A heap overflow flaw was found in the Linux kernel, all versions 3.x.x and 4.x.x before 4.18.0, in Marvell WiFi chip driver
9.8
CVSS
16.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
A heap overflow flaw was found in the Linux kernel, all versions 3.x.x and 4.x.x before 4.18.0, in Marvell WiFi chip driver. The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause a system crash, resulting in a denial of service, or execute arbitrary code. The highest threat with this vulnerability is with the availability of the system. If code execution occurs, the code will run with the permissions of root. This will affect both confidentiality and integrity of files on the system.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)16.5% · higher than 97% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
KE
Kernel · Linux
3.15 before 3.16.83; 3.17 before 4.4.217; 4.5 before 4.9.217; 4.10 before 4.14.164; 4.15 before 4.19.95; 4.20 before 5.4.11 · source: NVD
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
8.0 · source: NVD
FE
Fedora · Fedoraproject
30; 31 · source: NVD
UL
Ubuntu Linux · Canonical
14.04; 16.04; 18.04; 19.10 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-14901
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-14901
Mailing List
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-12/msg00029.html
Third Party Advisory
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/155879/Kernel-Live-Patch-Security-Notice-LSN-0061-1.html
Third Party Advisory
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/156185/Kernel-Live-Patch-Security-Notice-LSN-0062-1.html
Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0204
Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0328
Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0339
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