CVE-2019-14901
CRITICAL severity · CVSS 9.8 · CWE-122
9.8CVSS CRITICAL
Summary
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.
Impact & exploitability
Attack vectorNetwork
Attack complexityLow
Privileges requiredNone
User interactionNone
Confidentiality impactHigh
Integrity impactHigh
Availability impactHigh
Exploit probability (EPSS)17%
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected products we track (1)
Recommendation
Apply the vendor fix promptly. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.
Additional information
- NVD record
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-12/msg00029.htmlAdvisory
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/155879/Kernel-Live-Patch-Security-Notice-LSN-0061-1.htmlAdvisory
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/156185/Kernel-Live-Patch-Security-Notice-LSN-0062-1.htmlAdvisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0204Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0328Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0339Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0374Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0375Advisory