CVE-2019-9500CWE-122

Broadcom brcmfmac driver is vulnerable to a heap buffer overflow

High · published January 16, 2020

CVSS v3.1
7.9
EPSS
4%
Percentile
90.1
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
7.9 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.03853 · 90.1th percentile
Weakness
CWE-122 · Heap-based Buffer Overflow
Published
2020-01-16T20:35Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 16 JAN 20:35Z
    Broadcom brcmfmac driver is vulnerable to a heap buffer overflow
    cvelistv5