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CVE-2019-20095

Published: Dec 30, 2019Updated: Nov 21, 2024 Sources: CVE List NVD BDUCWE-401
NVD MITRE
5.5CVSSMEDIUM
EPSS Score
0.4%
Top 68.9%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available

Description

mwifiex_tm_cmd in drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/cfg80211.c in the Linux kernel before 5.1.6 has some error-handling cases that did not free allocated hostcmd memory, aka CID-003b686ace82. This will cause a memory leak and denial of service.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:LAC:LPR:LUI:NS:UC:NI:NA:H
Exploitability
AV:LAttack Vector
Local
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:LPrivileges Required
Low
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:NConfidentiality
None
I:NIntegrity
None
A:HAvailability
High
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Weaknesses

CWE-401

Affected Products

linux kernellinux
On-premOS
Operating Systems
leapopensuse
On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
active iq unified managernetappHardware Firmware
cloud backupnetappHardware Firmware
data availability servicesnetappHardware Firmware
linuxoss-projectOperating Systemsaka the linux kernel
opensuseoss-projectDEOperating Systemsaka opensuse
netappcommercialUSHardware Firmware
and 11 more affected products View all →

Exploitability

Official Patch Available

References

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-03/msg00021.html
lists.opensuse.org
https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.1.6
cdn.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=003b686ace820ce2d635a83f10f2d7f9c147dabc
git.kernel.org
and 13 more references View all →

Timeline

Published
Dec 30, 2019
Last Updated
Nov 21, 2024

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