High severity · published Jan 16, 2020
CVE-2019-9500
The Broadcom brcmfmac WiFi driver prior to commit 1b5e2423164b3670e8bc9174e4762d297990deff is vulnerable to a heap buffer overflow
8.3
CVSS
3.9%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
The Broadcom brcmfmac WiFi driver prior to commit 1b5e2423164b3670e8bc9174e4762d297990deff is vulnerable to a heap buffer overflow. If the Wake-up on Wireless LAN functionality is configured, a malicious event frame can be constructed to trigger an heap buffer overflow in the brcmf_wowl_nd_results function. This vulnerability can be exploited with compromised chipsets to compromise the host, or when used in combination with CVE-2019-9503, can be used remotely. In the worst case scenario, by sending specially-crafted WiFi packets, a remote, unauthenticated attacker may be able to execute arbitrary code on a vulnerable system. More typically, this vulnerability will result in denial-of-service conditions.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Adjacent
Complexity
High
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Changed
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)3.9% · higher than 90% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
KE
Kernel · Linux
4.5 before 4.9.181; 4.10 before 4.14.123; 4.15 before 4.19.47; 4.20 before 5.0.20 · source: NVD
BD
Brcmfmac Driver · Broadcom
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-9500
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-9500
Exploit
https://blog.quarkslab.com/reverse-engineering-broadcom-wireless-chipsets.html
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/linus/1b5e2423164b3670e8bc9174e4762d297990deff
Third Party Advisory
https://kb.cert.org/vuls/id/166939/
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