High severity · published Oct 17, 2019
CVE-2019-17666
rtl_p2p_noa_ie in drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtlwifi/ps.c in the Linux kernel through 5.3.6 lacks a certain upper-bound check, leading to a buffer overflow
8.8
CVSS
3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
rtl_p2p_noa_ie in drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtlwifi/ps.c in the Linux kernel through 5.3.6 lacks a certain upper-bound check, leading to a buffer overflow.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Adjacent
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)3.0% · higher than 87% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
KE
Kernel · Linux
before 3.16.77; 3.17 before 4.4.199; 4.5 before 4.9.199; 4.10 before 4.14.152; 4.15 before 4.19.82; 4.20 before 5.2; +1 more · source: NVD
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
8.0 · source: NVD
UL
Ubuntu Linux · Canonical
14.04; 16.04; 18.04; 19.04; 19.10 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-17666
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-17666
Mailing List
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00064.html
Mailing List
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-11/msg00010.html
Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0328
Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0339
Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0543
Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0661
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