CVE-2019-14897
highpriority · track · 40EPSS 0.029 · 87 %ileEURUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
A stack-based buffer overflow was found in the Linux kernel, version kernel-2.6.32, in Marvell WiFi chip driver. An attacker is able to cause a denial of service (system crash) or, possibly execute arbitrary code, when a STA works in IBSS mode (allows connecting stations together without the use of an AP) and connects to another STA.
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Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–critical · 6.6–9.8
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affected products (33)
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references (65)
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- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-03/msg00021.htmlcnnvd
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2019-14897cnnvd
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-14897cnnvd
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/01/msg00013.htmlcnnvd
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/03/msg00001.htmlcnnvd
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/D4ISVNIC44SOGXTUBCIZFSUNQJ5LRKNZ/cnnvd
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/MN6MLCN7G7VFTSXSZYXKXEFCUMFBUAXQ/cnnvd
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/D4ISVNIC44SOGXTUBCIZFSUNQJ5LRKNZ/cnnvd
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