CVE-2019-16746 - CVE House
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Status published Critical CVE-2019-16746

An issue was discovered in net/wireless/nl80211.c in the Linux kernel...

Vulnerability Description

An issue was discovered in net/wireless/nl80211.c in the Linux kernel through 5.2.17. It does not check the length of variable elements in a beacon head, leading to a buffer overflow.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

Affected Vendor

Affected Software

linux kernel, debian linux, ubuntu linux, fedora, leap
Vulnerable Versions:
2.6.25, 3.17, 4.5, 4.10, 4.15, 4.20, 8.0, 16.04, 18.04, 19.04, 19.10, 30, 15.1

Timeline

Official Publish: September 24th, 2019
Last Modified: August 5th, 2024
Added to House: July 20th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.