CVE-2019-14816

high-risk
Published 2019-09-20

There is heap-based buffer overflow in kernel, all versions up to, excluding 5.3, in the marvell wifi chip driver in Linux kernel, that allows local users to cause a denial of service(system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code.

Do I need to act?

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0.08% chance of exploitation
EPSS score — low exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
7
CVSS 7.8/10 High
LOCAL / LOW complexity

Affected Products (20)

Enterprise Linux Compute Node Eus

Affected Vendors

Debian Redhat Linux Canonical Fedoraproject Netapp Opensuse

References (60)

Mailing List http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00064.html
Mailing List http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00066.html
Third Party Advisory http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154951/Kernel-Live-Patch-Security-Notice-LS...
Third Party Advisory http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/155212/Slackware-Security-Advisory-Slackwar...
Exploit http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/08/28/1
Third Party Advisory https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0174
Third Party Advisory https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0204
Third Party Advisory https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0328
Third Party Advisory https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0339
Third Party Advisory https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0374
Third Party Advisory https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0375
Third Party Advisory https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0653
Third Party Advisory https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0661
Third Party Advisory https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0664
Third Party Advisory https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2019-14816
Exploit https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-14816
Patch https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/7caac62ed598a196d6ddf8d9c121e12e082cac3
Mailing List https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/09/msg00025.html
Mailing List https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/03/msg00001.html
Issue Tracking https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedorapro...
and 40 more references
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/ 100
high-risk
Severity 24/34 · High
Exploitability 0/34 · Minimal
Exposure 27/34 · High