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kernel: Heap overflow in mwifiex_uap_parse_tail_ies function in drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/ie.c

Published Jun 14, 2019

Description

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel. A heap based buffer overflow in mwifiex_uap_parse_tail_ies function in drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/ie.c might lead to memory corruption and possibly other consequences.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

References (31)

Change history (6)
  1. MITRE
    • CVSS severity changed from HIGH to MEDIUM
    • CVSS vector changed from CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H to CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
    • CVSS score changed from 8 to 5.9
  2. REDHAT
    • CVSS severity changed from MEDIUM to HIGH
    • CVSS vector changed from CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H to CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    • CVSS score changed from 5.9 to 8
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner redhat
Published Jun 14, 2019
Updated Aug 4, 2024
Reserved Mar 27, 2019
NVD
Status Modified
Modified Jun 17, 2026
Red Hat
Severity Important
Public date May 31, 2019