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CVE-2019-14901

A heap overflow flaw was found in the Linux kernel, all versions 3.x.x and 4.x.x before 4.18.0, in Marvell WiFi chip driver.

Impact

A heap overflow flaw was found in the Linux kernel, all versions 3.x.x and 4.x.x before 4.18.0, in Marvell WiFi chip driver. The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause a system crash, resulting in a denial of service, or execute arbitrary code. The highest threat with this vulnerability is with the availability of the system. If code execution occurs, the code will run with the permissions of root. This will affect both confidentiality and integrity of files on the system.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versions
LinuxLinux Kernel
from 3.15 before 3.16.83
from 3.17 before 4.4.217
from 4.5 before 4.9.217
from 4.10 before 4.14.164
from 4.15 before 4.19.95
from 4.20 before 5.4.11
FedoraprojectFedora
Versions 30, 31
DebianDebian Linux
Version 8.0
CanonicalUbuntu Linux
Versions 14.04, 16.04, 18.04, 19.10

Weakness classification

CWE-122CWE-400CWE-787

References