9.8
CRITICAL
CVE-2019-14901
"Marvell WiFi kernel Heap Overflow Denial of Service/Arbitrary Code Execution"
Description

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.

INFO

Published Date :

Nov. 29, 2019, 3:15 p.m.

Last Modified :

Feb. 12, 2023, 11:37 p.m.

Source :

[email protected]

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

5.9

Exploitability Score :

3.9
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2019-14901 has a 2 public PoC/Exploit available at Github. Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.

Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2019-14901 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Linux linux_kernel
1 Canonical ubuntu_linux
1 Redhat enterprise_linux
1 Fedoraproject fedora
1 Debian debian_linux
: Total Affected Vendor : 5 | Products : 5
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2019-14901.

URL Resource
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-12/msg00029.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/155879/Kernel-Live-Patch-Security-Notice-LSN-0061-1.html Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/156185/Kernel-Live-Patch-Security-Notice-LSN-0062-1.html Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0204 Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0328 Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0339 Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0374 Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0375 Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-14901 Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/01/msg00013.html Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/03/msg00001.html Third Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/D4ISVNIC44SOGXTUBCIZFSUNQJ5LRKNZ/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/MN6MLCN7G7VFTSXSZYXKXEFCUMFBUAXQ/
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4225-1/ Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4225-2/ Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4226-1/ Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4227-1/ Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4227-2/ Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4228-1/ Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4228-2/ Third Party Advisory

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2019-14901 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2019-14901 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Feb. 12, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Description A heap overflow flaw was found in the Linux kernel's 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. 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.
    Removed Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:1493 [No Types Assigned]
    Removed Reference https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-14901 [No Types Assigned]
    Removed Reference https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1773519 [No Types Assigned]
    Added CWE Red Hat, Inc. CWE-122
    Added CWE Red Hat, Inc. CWE-400
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Feb. 02, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Description 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. A heap overflow flaw was found in the Linux kernel's 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.
    Removed Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/D4ISVNIC44SOGXTUBCIZFSUNQJ5LRKNZ/ [Third Party Advisory]
    Removed Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/MN6MLCN7G7VFTSXSZYXKXEFCUMFBUAXQ/ [Third Party Advisory]
    Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:1493 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/MN6MLCN7G7VFTSXSZYXKXEFCUMFBUAXQ/ [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1773519 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/D4ISVNIC44SOGXTUBCIZFSUNQJ5LRKNZ/ [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-14901 [No Types Assigned]
    Removed CWE Red Hat, Inc. CWE-122
    Removed CWE Red Hat, Inc. CWE-400
    Removed CWE Reason CWE-400 / Assessment performed prior to CVMAP efforts
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Jan. 19, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Reference Type http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-12/msg00029.html No Types Assigned http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-12/msg00029.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/155879/Kernel-Live-Patch-Security-Notice-LSN-0061-1.html No Types Assigned http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/155879/Kernel-Live-Patch-Security-Notice-LSN-0061-1.html Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/156185/Kernel-Live-Patch-Security-Notice-LSN-0062-1.html No Types Assigned http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/156185/Kernel-Live-Patch-Security-Notice-LSN-0062-1.html Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0204 No Types Assigned https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0204 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0328 No Types Assigned https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0328 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0339 No Types Assigned https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0339 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0374 No Types Assigned https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0374 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0375 No Types Assigned https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0375 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/01/msg00013.html No Types Assigned https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/01/msg00013.html Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/03/msg00001.html No Types Assigned https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/03/msg00001.html Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://usn.ubuntu.com/4225-1/ No Types Assigned https://usn.ubuntu.com/4225-1/ Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://usn.ubuntu.com/4225-2/ No Types Assigned https://usn.ubuntu.com/4225-2/ Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://usn.ubuntu.com/4226-1/ No Types Assigned https://usn.ubuntu.com/4226-1/ Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://usn.ubuntu.com/4227-1/ No Types Assigned https://usn.ubuntu.com/4227-1/ Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://usn.ubuntu.com/4227-2/ No Types Assigned https://usn.ubuntu.com/4227-2/ Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://usn.ubuntu.com/4228-1/ No Types Assigned https://usn.ubuntu.com/4228-1/ Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://usn.ubuntu.com/4228-2/ No Types Assigned https://usn.ubuntu.com/4228-2/ Third Party Advisory
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 3.0 up to (excluding) 4.18 OR *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 3.15 up to (excluding) 3.16.83 *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 3.17 up to (excluding) 4.4.217 *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 4.5 up to (excluding) 4.9.217 *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 4.10 up to (excluding) 4.14.164 *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 4.15 up to (excluding) 4.19.95 *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 4.20 up to (excluding) 5.4.11
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:19.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Mar. 02, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/03/msg00001.html [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Feb. 05, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0375 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0374 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Feb. 04, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0339 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Feb. 04, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0328 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Feb. 03, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/156185/Kernel-Live-Patch-Security-Notice-LSN-0062-1.html [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jan. 30, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0204 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jan. 23, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://usn.ubuntu.com/4225-2/ [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jan. 18, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/01/msg00013.html [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jan. 08, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/155879/Kernel-Live-Patch-Security-Notice-LSN-0061-1.html [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jan. 07, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://usn.ubuntu.com/4227-2/ [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jan. 07, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://usn.ubuntu.com/4225-1/ [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://usn.ubuntu.com/4228-2/ [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://usn.ubuntu.com/4226-1/ [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jan. 07, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://usn.ubuntu.com/4228-1/ [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://usn.ubuntu.com/4227-1/ [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Dec. 12, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-12/msg00029.html [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Dec. 10, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 NIST (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Changed Reference Type https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-14901 No Types Assigned https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-14901 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/D4ISVNIC44SOGXTUBCIZFSUNQJ5LRKNZ/ No Types Assigned https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/D4ISVNIC44SOGXTUBCIZFSUNQJ5LRKNZ/ Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/MN6MLCN7G7VFTSXSZYXKXEFCUMFBUAXQ/ No Types Assigned https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/MN6MLCN7G7VFTSXSZYXKXEFCUMFBUAXQ/ Third Party Advisory
    Added CWE NIST CWE-787
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 3.0 up to (excluding) 4.18
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:30:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:31:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Dec. 02, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/MN6MLCN7G7VFTSXSZYXKXEFCUMFBUAXQ/ [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/D4ISVNIC44SOGXTUBCIZFSUNQJ5LRKNZ/ [No Types Assigned]
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2019-14901 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2019-14901 weaknesses.

Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

2.46 }} 0.22%

score

0.90247

percentile

CVSS31 - Vulnerability Scoring System
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