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CVE-2019-14901

Published: Nov 29, 2019

Modified: Aug 5, 2024

PUBLISHED

CVSS v3.0

8.8

HIGH

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.

VendorProductVersions

Red Hat

kernel

affected
all kernel versions 3.x.x and 4.x.x before 4.18.0

Weaknesses (CWE)

CVSS v3.0 Details

CVSS v3.0 Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector

Adjacent

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

References

FEDORA-2019-91f6e7bb71
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_FEDORA
FEDORA-2019-8846a1a5a2
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_FEDORA
openSUSE-SU-2019:2675
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_SUSE
USN-4228-1
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_UBUNTU
USN-4227-1
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_UBUNTU
USN-4226-1
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_UBUNTU
USN-4225-1
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_UBUNTU
USN-4228-2
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_UBUNTU
USN-4227-2
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_UBUNTU
USN-4225-2
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_UBUNTU
RHSA-2020:0204
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_REDHAT
RHSA-2020:0328
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_REDHAT
RHSA-2020:0339
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_REDHAT
RHSA-2020:0374
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_REDHAT
RHSA-2020:0375
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_REDHAT

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