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CVE-2020-12653

Published: May 5, 2020Updated: Nov 21, 2024 Sources: CVE List NVD BDUCWE-787
7.8HIGH
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
0.4%
Top 64.2%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available
Self-Check
OpenVAS

Description

An issue was found in Linux kernel before 5.5.4. The mwifiex_cmd_append_vsie_tlv() function in drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/scan.c allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service because of an incorrect memcpy and buffer overflow, aka CID-b70261a288ea.

No summary for this CVE yet.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

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

CWE-787

Affected Products

netapp
commercial·US
active iq unified manager
Hardware Firmware
cloud backup
Hardware Firmware
element software
Hardware Firmware
hci management node
Hardware Firmware
solidfire
Hardware Firmware
steelstore cloud integrated storage
Hardware Firmware
hci compute node firmware
Hardware Firmware
a700s firmware
Hardware Firmware
Red Hat Inc.
commercial·USaka red hat
Red Hat Enterprise LinuxOn-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
Red Hat Enterprise MRGOn-prem
Operating Systems / linux-distro
Сообщество свободного программного обеспечения
oss-projectaka fsf
Debian GNU/LinuxOn-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
LinuxOn-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
Novell Inc.
commercial·US
OpenSUSE LeapOn-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
linux
oss-projectaka the linux kernel
linux kernelOn-premOS
Operating Systems
opensuse
oss-project·DE
leapOn-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
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Exploitability

Official Patch Available
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Attack Graph

Products CVE Techniques Tactics

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MITRE ATT&CK

2 techniques
Initial Access
Privilege Escalation
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References

https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.5.4
cdn.kernel.org
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/b70261a288ea4d2f4ac7cd04be08a9f0f2de4f4d
github.com
https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=b70261a288ea4d2f4ac7cd04be08a9f0f2de4f4d
git.kernel.org
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