CVE-2019-17666

moderate-risk
Published 2019-10-17

rtl_p2p_noa_ie in drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtlwifi/ps.c in the Linux kernel through 5.3.6 lacks a certain upper-bound check, leading to a buffer overflow.

Do I need to act?

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0.45% 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
8
CVSS 8.8/10 High
ADJACENT_NETWORK / LOW complexity

Affected Products (7)

Affected Vendors

Debian Linux Canonical

References (38)

Mailing List http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00064.html
Mailing List http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-11/msg00010.html
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-2020:0543
Third Party Advisory https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0661
Third Party Advisory https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0740
Third Party Advisory https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2019/10/unpatched-linux-flaw-may-...
Third Party Advisory https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/01/msg00013.html
Third Party Advisory https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/03/msg00001.html
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedorapro...
Mailing List https://lkml.org/lkml/2019/10/16/1226
Third Party Advisory https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20191031-0005/
Third Party Advisory https://twitter.com/nicowaisman/status/1184864519316758535
Third Party Advisory https://usn.ubuntu.com/4183-1/
Third Party Advisory https://usn.ubuntu.com/4184-1/
Third Party Advisory https://usn.ubuntu.com/4185-1/
Third Party Advisory https://usn.ubuntu.com/4186-1/
Third Party Advisory https://usn.ubuntu.com/4186-2/
Mailing List http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00064.html
and 18 more references
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/ 100
moderate-risk
Severity 27/34 · High
Exploitability 2/34 · Minimal
Exposure 14/34 · Moderate