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CVE-2019-14896

9.8
CRITICAL · CVSS 3.1 · EPSS 8.7% (pctl 95)

In your normal cycle

Critical by CVSS (9.8), but no sign of active exploitation.

Description

A heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability was found in the Linux kernel, version kernel-2.6.32, in Marvell WiFi chip driver. A remote attacker could cause a denial of service (system crash) or, possibly execute arbitrary code, when the lbs_ibss_join_existing function is called after a STA connects to an AP.

Scoring

CVSS9.8 (CRITICAL, v3.1)
VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS8.67% — more likely to be exploited than 95% of all CVEs
WeaknessCWE-122
On CISA KEVno
Public exploitnone known
Published2019-11-27
Last modified2026-06-17

Affected (5)

VendorProduct
canonicalubuntu linux
debiandebian linux
fedoraprojectfedora
linuxlinux kernel
redhatenterprise linux

References

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