CVE-2019-3846

kernel: Heap overflow in mwifiex_update_bss_desc_with_ie function in marvell/mwifiex/scan.c

Severity Score

8.8

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

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.

Se encontró un fallo que permitía a un atacante corromper la memoria y posiblemente aumentar los privilegios en el módulo del kernel mwifiex mientras se conectaba a una red inalámbrica maliciosa.

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's Marvell wifi chip driver. A heap overflow in mwifiex_update_bss_desc_with_ie function in marvell/mwifiex/scan.c allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service(system crash) or execute arbitrary code.

*Credits: N/A

CVSS Scores

Attack Vector

Adjacent

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Adjacent

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Adjacent

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Complete

Integrity

Complete

Availability

Complete

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2019-01-03 CVE Reserved
2019-06-03 CVE Published
2024-08-04 CVE Updated
2024-08-04 First Exploit
2024-10-24 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date

CWE

CWE-122: Heap-based Buffer Overflow
CWE-787: Out-of-bounds Write

CAPEC

References (30)

URL	Tag	Source
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	Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/06/msg00010.html	Mailing List
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/06/msg00011.html	Mailing List
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Jun/26	Mailing List
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190710-0002	Third Party Advisory

URL	Date	SRC
https://seclists.org/oss-sec/2019/q2/133	2024-08-04

URL	Date	SRC
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-3846	2023-02-12
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Jul/33	2023-02-12

URL	Date	SRC
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-06/msg00039.html	2023-02-12
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-06/msg00040.html	2023-02-12
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-06/msg00048.html	2023-02-12
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2703	2023-02-12
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2741	2023-02-12
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3055	2023-02-12
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3076	2023-02-12
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3089	2023-02-12
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0174	2023-02-12
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/J36BIJTKEPUOZKJNHQBUZA47RQONUKOI	2023-02-12
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/KLGWJKLMTBBB53D5QLS4HOY2EH246WBE	2023-02-12
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4093-1	2023-02-12
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4094-1	2023-02-12
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4095-1	2023-02-12
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4095-2	2023-02-12
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4117-1	2023-02-12
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4118-1	2023-02-12
https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4465	2023-02-12
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-3846	2020-05-26
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1713059	2020-05-26

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Netapp Search vendor "Netapp"	A700s Firmware Search vendor "Netapp" for product "A700s Firmware"	-	-	Affected	in	Netapp Search vendor "Netapp"	A700s Search vendor "Netapp" for product "A700s"	-	-	Safe
Netapp Search vendor "Netapp"	Cn1610 Firmware Search vendor "Netapp" for product "Cn1610 Firmware"	-	-	Affected	in	Netapp Search vendor "Netapp"	Cn1610 Search vendor "Netapp" for product "Cn1610"	-	-	Safe
Netapp Search vendor "Netapp"	H610s Firmware Search vendor "Netapp" for product "H610s Firmware"	-	-	Affected	in	Netapp Search vendor "Netapp"	H610s Search vendor "Netapp" for product "H610s"	-	-	Safe
Linux Search vendor "Linux"		Linux Kernel Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel"				>= 3.0 < 3.16.70 Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" and version " >= 3.0 < 3.16.70"		-		Affected
Linux Search vendor "Linux"		Linux Kernel Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel"				>= 3.17 < 4.4.186 Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" and version " >= 3.17 < 4.4.186"		-		Affected
Linux Search vendor "Linux"		Linux Kernel Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel"				>= 4.5 < 4.9.186 Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" and version " >= 4.5 < 4.9.186"		-		Affected
Linux Search vendor "Linux"		Linux Kernel Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel"				>= 4.10 < 4.14.134 Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" and version " >= 4.10 < 4.14.134"		-		Affected
Linux Search vendor "Linux"		Linux Kernel Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel"				>= 4.15 < 4.19.59 Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" and version " >= 4.15 < 4.19.59"		-		Affected
Linux Search vendor "Linux"		Linux Kernel Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel"				>= 4.20 < 5.1.18 Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" and version " >= 4.20 < 5.1.18"		-		Affected
Redhat Search vendor "Redhat"		Enterprise Linux Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux"				6.0 Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux" and version "6.0"		-		Affected
Redhat Search vendor "Redhat"		Enterprise Linux Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux"				7.0 Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux" and version "7.0"		-		Affected
Redhat Search vendor "Redhat"		Enterprise Linux Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux"				8.0 Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux" and version "8.0"		-		Affected
Canonical Search vendor "Canonical"		Ubuntu Linux Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux"				14.04 Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux" and version "14.04"		esm		Affected
Canonical Search vendor "Canonical"		Ubuntu Linux Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux"				16.04 Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux" and version "16.04"		lts		Affected
Canonical Search vendor "Canonical"		Ubuntu Linux Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux"				18.04 Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux" and version "18.04"		lts		Affected
Canonical Search vendor "Canonical"		Ubuntu Linux Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux"				19.04 Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux" and version "19.04"		-		Affected
Netapp Search vendor "Netapp"		Active Iq Unified Manager For Vmware Vsphere Search vendor "Netapp" for product "Active Iq Unified Manager For Vmware Vsphere"				>= 9.5 Search vendor "Netapp" for product "Active Iq Unified Manager For Vmware Vsphere" and version " >= 9.5"		-		Affected
Netapp Search vendor "Netapp"		Hci Management Node Search vendor "Netapp" for product "Hci Management Node"				-		-		Affected
Netapp Search vendor "Netapp"		Solidfire Search vendor "Netapp" for product "Solidfire"				-		-		Affected
Fedoraproject Search vendor "Fedoraproject"		Fedora Search vendor "Fedoraproject" for product "Fedora"				29 Search vendor "Fedoraproject" for product "Fedora" and version "29"		-		Affected
Fedoraproject Search vendor "Fedoraproject"		Fedora Search vendor "Fedoraproject" for product "Fedora"				30 Search vendor "Fedoraproject" for product "Fedora" and version "30"		-		Affected
Debian Search vendor "Debian"		Debian Linux Search vendor "Debian" for product "Debian Linux"				8.0 Search vendor "Debian" for product "Debian Linux" and version "8.0"		-		Affected
Debian Search vendor "Debian"		Debian Linux Search vendor "Debian" for product "Debian Linux"				9.0 Search vendor "Debian" for product "Debian Linux" and version "9.0"		-		Affected
Opensuse Search vendor "Opensuse"		Leap Search vendor "Opensuse" for product "Leap"				15.0 Search vendor "Opensuse" for product "Leap" and version "15.0"		-		Affected
Opensuse Search vendor "Opensuse"		Leap Search vendor "Opensuse" for product "Leap"				15.1 Search vendor "Opensuse" for product "Leap" and version "15.1"		-		Affected
Opensuse Search vendor "Opensuse"		Leap Search vendor "Opensuse" for product "Leap"				42.3 Search vendor "Opensuse" for product "Leap" and version "42.3"		-		Affected