CVEvulnerability

CVE-2019-17133

9.8 CRITICAL Published 2019-10-04 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2019-10-04
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
9.8 CRITICAL — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
7.5 HIGH — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weaknesses
CWE-120

Description

In the Linux kernel through 5.3.2, cfg80211_mgd_wext_giwessid in net/wireless/wext-sme.c does not reject a long SSID IE, leading to a Buffer Overflow.

Affected configurations

• linux linux kernel (>= 2.6.32 < 3.16.77) • linux linux kernel (>= 3.17 < 4.4.198) • linux linux kernel (>= 4.5 < 4.9.198) • linux linux kernel (>= 4.10 < 4.14.151) • linux linux kernel (>= 4.15 < 4.19.81) • linux linux kernel (>= 4.20 < 5.3.8) • debian debian linux 8.0 • canonical ubuntu linux 14.04 • canonical ubuntu linux 16.04 • canonical ubuntu linux 18.04 • canonical ubuntu linux 19.04 • opensuse leap 15.1

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-120 Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input weakness

References