CVE-2019-5108CWE-440

An exploitable denial-of-service vulnerability exists in the Linux kernel prior to mainline 5.3

High · published December 23, 2019

CVSS v3.0
7.4
EPSS
10%
Percentile
95.6
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

An exploitable denial-of-service vulnerability exists in the Linux kernel prior to mainline 5.3. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by triggering AP to send IAPP location updates for stations before the required authentication process has completed. This could lead to different denial-of-service scenarios, either by causing CAM table attacks, or by leading to traffic flapping if faking already existing clients in other nearby APs of the same wireless infrastructure. An attacker can forge Authentication and Association Request packets to trigger this vulnerability.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.0
7.4 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.10114 · 95.6th percentile
Weakness
CWE-440 · Expected Behavior Violation
Published
2019-12-23T18:55Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 23 DEC 18:55Z
    An exploitable denial-of-service vulnerability exists in the Linux kernel prior to mainline 5.3
    cvelistv5