CVE-2019-3846

Summary

CVECVE-2019-3846
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2019-06-03 19:29:00 UTC
Updated2023-02-12 23:38:00 UTC
DescriptionA flaw that allowed an attacker to corrupt memory and possibly escalate privileges was found in the mwifiex kernel module while connecting to a malicious wireless network.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-122

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 14.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 16.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 18.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 19.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 14.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 16.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 18.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 19.04 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 9.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 9.0 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 29 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 30 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 29 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 30 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel All All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel - All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel - All All All
Hardware Netapp A700s - All All All
Hardware Netapp A700s - All All All
Operating System Netapp A700s Firmware - All All All
Operating System Netapp A700s Firmware - All All All
Application Netapp Active Iq Unified Manager For Vmware Vsphere All All All All
Application Netapp Active Iq Unified Manager For Vmware Vsphere All All All All
Hardware Netapp Cn1610 - All All All
Hardware Netapp Cn1610 - All All All
Operating System Netapp Cn1610 Firmware - All All All
Operating System Netapp Cn1610 Firmware - All All All
Hardware Netapp H610s - All All All
Hardware Netapp H610s - All All All
Operating System Netapp H610s Firmware - All All All
Operating System Netapp H610s Firmware - All All All
Application Netapp Hci Management Node - All All All
Application Netapp Hci Management Node - All All All
Application Netapp Solidfire - All All All
Application Netapp Solidfire - All All All
Operating System Opensuse Leap 15.0 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Leap 15.1 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Leap 42.3 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Leap 15.0 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Leap 15.1 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Leap 42.3 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 6.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 7.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 6.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 7.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 8.0 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Red Hat Customer Portal MISC access.redhat.com
Bugtraq: [slackware-security] Slackware 14.2 kernel (SSA:2019-202-01) BUGTRAQ seclists.org Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT access.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
Bugtraq: [SECURITY] [DSA 4465-1] linux security update BUGTRAQ seclists.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2019:1570-1: important: Security update SUSE lists.opensuse.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
1713059 – (CVE-2019-3846) CVE-2019-3846 kernel: Heap overflow in mwifiex_update_bss_desc_with_ie function in marvell/mwifiex/scan.c MISC bugzilla.redhat.com
Red Hat Customer Portal - Access to 24x7 support and knowledge MISC access.redhat.com
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT access.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-4465-1 linux DEBIAN www.debian.org Third Party Advisory
USN-4095-2: Linux kernel (Xenial HWE) vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices | Ubuntu UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT access.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT access.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
USN-4095-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices | Ubuntu UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
June 2019 Linux Kernel Vulnerabilities in NetApp Products | NetApp Product Security CONFIRM security.netapp.com Third Party Advisory
USN-4118-1: Linux kernel (AWS) vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices | Ubuntu UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] [DLA 1823-1] linux security update MLIST lists.debian.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
USN-4117-1: Linux kernel (AWS) vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices | Ubuntu UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 30 Update: kernel-headers-5.1.7-300.fc30 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT access.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
USN-4094-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices | Ubuntu UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 29 Update: kernel-headers-5.1.6-200.fc29 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists MISC lists.fedoraproject.org
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT access.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
USN-4093-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices | Ubuntu UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 29 Update: kernel-headers-5.1.6-200.fc29 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Kernel Live Patch Security Notice LSN-0058-1 ≈ Packet Storm MISC packetstormsecurity.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
1713059 – (CVE-2019-3846) CVE-2019-3846 kernel: Heap overflow in mwifiex_update_bss_desc_with_ie function in marvell/mwifiex/scan.c CONFIRM bugzilla.redhat.com Issue Tracking, Mitigation, Patch, Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] [DLA 1824-1] linux-4.9 security update MLIST lists.debian.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Slackware Security Advisory - Slackware 14.2 kernel Updates ≈ Packet Storm MISC packetstormsecurity.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2019:1579-1: important: Security update SUSE lists.opensuse.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2019:1571-1: important: Security update SUSE lists.opensuse.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Kernel Live Patch Security Notice LSN-0054-1 ≈ Packet Storm MISC packetstormsecurity.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
[SECURITY] Fedora 30 Update: kernel-headers-5.1.7-300.fc30 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists MISC lists.fedoraproject.org
oss-sec: CVE-2019-3846:Marvell Wifi Driver mwifiex mwifiex_update_bss_desc_with_ie Heap Overflow MISC seclists.org Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 375413 IBM Security Guardium kernel Vulnerability (6152439)
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