{
    "id": "CVE-2019-16746",
    "published": "2019-09-24 06:15:10",
    "last_modified": "2026-06-17 02:22:43",
    "cvss_score": "9.8",
    "cvss_severity": "CRITICAL",
    "cvss_version": "3.1",
    "cvss_vector": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
    "cwe": "CWE-120",
    "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.",
    "epss_score": "0.12651",
    "epss_percentile": "0.96143",
    "kev": 0,
    "kev_due": null,
    "has_exploit": 0,
    "updated_at": "2026-10-03 18:17:23",
    "priority": {
        "rank": 2,
        "label": "Patch early",
        "why": "EPSS 12.7% — above the 10% action threshold."
    },
    "products": [
        {
            "vendor": "canonical",
            "product": "ubuntu_linux"
        },
        {
            "vendor": "debian",
            "product": "debian_linux"
        },
        {
            "vendor": "fedoraproject",
            "product": "fedora"
        },
        {
            "vendor": "linux",
            "product": "linux_kernel"
        },
        {
            "vendor": "opensuse",
            "product": "leap"
        }
    ],
    "kev_detail": null,
    "exploits": [],
    "refs_list": [
        "http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-03/msg00021.html",
        "http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-08/msg00009.html",
        "http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/155212/Slackware-Security-Advisory-Slackware-14.2-kernel-Updates.html",
        "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/01/msg00013.html",
        "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/03/msg00001.html",
        "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TASE2ESEZAER6DTZH3DJ4K2JNO46TVL7/",
        "https://marc.info/?l=linux-wireless&m=156901391225058&w=2",
        "https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Nov/11",
        "https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20191031-0005/",
        "https://usn.ubuntu.com/4183-1/",
        "https://usn.ubuntu.com/4186-1/",
        "https://usn.ubuntu.com/4209-1/",
        "https://usn.ubuntu.com/4210-1/",
        "https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuApr2021.html",
        "http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-03/msg00021.html",
        "http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-08/msg00009.html",
        "http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/155212/Slackware-Security-Advisory-Slackware-14.2-kernel-Updates.html",
        "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/01/msg00013.html",
        "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/03/msg00001.html",
        "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TASE2ESEZAER6DTZH3DJ4K2JNO46TVL7/",
        "https://marc.info/?l=linux-wireless&m=156901391225058&w=2",
        "https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Nov/11",
        "https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20191031-0005/",
        "https://usn.ubuntu.com/4183-1/",
        "https://usn.ubuntu.com/4186-1/"
    ]
}