9.8
CRITICAL
CVE-2019-17133
Linux Wireless cfg80211 Buffer Overflow
Description

In the Linux kernel through 5.3.2, cfg80211_mgd_wext_giwessid in net/wireless/wext-sme.c does not reject a long SSID IE, leading to a Buffer Overflow.

INFO

Published Date :

Oct. 4, 2019, 12:15 p.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 3, 2022, 2:41 a.m.

Source :

[email protected]

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

5.9

Exploitability Score :

3.9
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2019-17133 has a 3 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-2019-17133 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 Debian debian_linux
1 Opensuse leap
: Total Affected Vendor : 4 | Products : 4
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-2019-17133.

URL Resource
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00064.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-11/msg00010.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/155212/Slackware-Security-Advisory-Slackware-14.2-kernel-Updates.html Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0174 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://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0543 Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0592 Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0609 Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0653 Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0661 Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0664 Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0790 Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/01/msg00013.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/03/msg00001.html Third Party Advisory
https://marc.info/?l=linux-wireless&m=157018270915487&w=2 Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Nov/11 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20191031-0005/ Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4208-1/ Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4210-1/ Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4211-1/ Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4211-2/ Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4226-1/ Third Party Advisory
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuApr2021.html Third Party Advisory

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2019-17133 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2019-17133 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
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Nov. 03, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Reference Type http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00064.html No Types Assigned http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00064.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-11/msg00010.html No Types Assigned http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-11/msg00010.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/155212/Slackware-Security-Advisory-Slackware-14.2-kernel-Updates.html No Types Assigned http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/155212/Slackware-Security-Advisory-Slackware-14.2-kernel-Updates.html Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0174 No Types Assigned https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0174 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://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0543 No Types Assigned https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0543 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0592 No Types Assigned https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0592 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0609 No Types Assigned https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0609 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0653 No Types Assigned https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0653 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0661 No Types Assigned https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0661 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0664 No Types Assigned https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0664 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0790 No Types Assigned https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0790 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 Mailing List, 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://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Nov/11 No Types Assigned https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Nov/11 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20191031-0005/ No Types Assigned https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20191031-0005/ Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://usn.ubuntu.com/4208-1/ No Types Assigned https://usn.ubuntu.com/4208-1/ Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://usn.ubuntu.com/4210-1/ No Types Assigned https://usn.ubuntu.com/4210-1/ Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://usn.ubuntu.com/4211-1/ No Types Assigned https://usn.ubuntu.com/4211-1/ Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://usn.ubuntu.com/4211-2/ No Types Assigned https://usn.ubuntu.com/4211-2/ 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://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuApr2021.html No Types Assigned https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuApr2021.html Third Party Advisory
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (including) 5.3.2 OR *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 2.6.32 up to (excluding) 3.16.77 *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 3.17 up to (excluding) 4.4.198 *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 4.5 up to (excluding) 4.9.198 *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 4.10 up to (excluding) 4.14.151 *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 4.15 up to (excluding) 4.19.81 *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 4.20 up to (excluding) 5.3.8
    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:19.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:15.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jun. 14, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuApr2021.html [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Mar. 11, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0790 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Mar. 03, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0664 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Mar. 03, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0661 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Mar. 03, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0653 [No Types Assigned]
  • 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. 26, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0609 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Feb. 25, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0592 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Feb. 18, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0543 [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]

    Jan. 21, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0174 [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. 07, 2020

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

    Dec. 10, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://usn.ubuntu.com/4211-1/ [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Dec. 03, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://usn.ubuntu.com/4208-1/ [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://usn.ubuntu.com/4210-1/ [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://usn.ubuntu.com/4211-2/ [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 08, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/155212/Slackware-Security-Advisory-Slackware-14.2-kernel-Updates.html [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 08, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Nov/11 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 05, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-11/msg00010.html [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 31, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20191031-0005/ [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 28, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00064.html [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Oct. 10, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 NIST (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
    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://marc.info/?l=linux-wireless&m=157018270915487&w=2 No Types Assigned https://marc.info/?l=linux-wireless&m=157018270915487&w=2 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
    Added CWE NIST CWE-120
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (including) 5.3.2
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-2019-17133 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-2019-17133 weaknesses.

CAPEC-8: Buffer Overflow in an API Call Buffer Overflow in an API Call CAPEC-9: Buffer Overflow in Local Command-Line Utilities Buffer Overflow in Local Command-Line Utilities CAPEC-10: Buffer Overflow via Environment Variables Buffer Overflow via Environment Variables CAPEC-14: Client-side Injection-induced Buffer Overflow Client-side Injection-induced Buffer Overflow CAPEC-24: Filter Failure through Buffer Overflow Filter Failure through Buffer Overflow CAPEC-42: MIME Conversion MIME Conversion CAPEC-44: Overflow Binary Resource File Overflow Binary Resource File CAPEC-45: Buffer Overflow via Symbolic Links Buffer Overflow via Symbolic Links CAPEC-46: Overflow Variables and Tags Overflow Variables and Tags CAPEC-47: Buffer Overflow via Parameter Expansion Buffer Overflow via Parameter Expansion CAPEC-67: String Format Overflow in syslog() String Format Overflow in syslog() CAPEC-92: Forced Integer Overflow Forced Integer Overflow CAPEC-100: Overflow Buffers Overflow Buffers
Exploit Prediction

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

1.65 }} 0.44%

score

0.87846

percentile

CVSS31 - Vulnerability Scoring System
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