CVE-2019-16746
It does not check the length of variable elements in a beacon head, leading to a buffer overflow.
Does this matter?
EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 12.7%, higher than 96% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
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.
- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 12.65% probability · 96th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-120
- Affected
- linux/linux kernel · debian/debian linux · canonical/ubuntu linux · fedoraproject/fedora · opensuse/leap
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 12.7% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-03/msg00021.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-08/msg00009.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/155212/Slackware-Security-Advisory-Slackware-14.2-kernel-Updates.htmlThird Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/01/msg00013.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/03/msg00001.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TASE2ESEZAER6DTZH3DJ4K2JNO46TVL7/
- https://marc.info/?l=linux-wireless&m=156901391225058&w=2Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Nov/11Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20191031-0005/Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4183-1/Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4186-1/Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4209-1/Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4210-1/Third Party Advisory
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuApr2021.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-03/msg00021.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-08/msg00009.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/155212/Slackware-Security-Advisory-Slackware-14.2-kernel-Updates.htmlThird Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/01/msg00013.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/03/msg00001.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TASE2ESEZAER6DTZH3DJ4K2JNO46TVL7/
- https://marc.info/?l=linux-wireless&m=156901391225058&w=2Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Nov/11Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20191031-0005/Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4183-1/Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4186-1/Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4209-1/Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4210-1/Third Party Advisory
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuApr2021.htmlThird Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.