High severity · published Jun 3, 2019
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 to a malicious wireless network
8.8
CVSS
5.9%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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.
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)5.9% · higher than 93% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
KE
Kernel · Linux
3.0 before 3.16.70; 3.17 before 4.4.186; 4.5 before 4.9.186; 4.10 before 4.14.134; 4.15 before 4.19.59; 4.20 before 5.1.18 · source: NVD
AF
A700s Firmware · Netapp
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
AI
Active IQ Unified Manager For Vmware Vsphere · Netapp
9.5 and later · source: NVD
CF
Cn1610 Firmware · Netapp
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
8.0; 9.0 · source: NVD
EL
Enterprise Linux · Redhat
6.0; 7.0; 8.0 · source: NVD
FE
Fedora · Fedoraproject
29; 30 · source: NVD
HF
H610s Firmware · Netapp
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
HM
Hci Management Node · Netapp
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
LE
Leap · Opensuse
15.0; 15.1; 42.3 · source: NVD
SO
Solidfire · Netapp
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
UL
Ubuntu Linux · Canonical
14.04; 16.04; 18.04; 19.04 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-3846
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-3846
Mailing List
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-06/msg00039.html
Mailing List
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-06/msg00040.html
Mailing List
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-06/msg00048.html
Third Party Advisory
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/153702/Slackware-Security-Advisory-Slackware-14.2-kernel-Updates.html
Third Party Advisory
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154245/Kernel-Live-Patch-Security-Notice-LSN-0054-1.html
Third Party Advisory
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154951/Kernel-Live-Patch-Security-Notice-LSN-0058-1.html
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