An issue was discovered in net/wireless/nl80211.c in the Linux kernel through 5.2.17. It does not check the length of variable elements in a beacon head, leading to a buffer overflow.

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Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-2068-1 linux security update
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-2114-1 linux-4.9 security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2019-7286 An issue was discovered in net/wireless/nl80211.c in the Linux kernel through 5.2.17. It does not check the length of variable elements in a beacon head, leading to a buffer overflow.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-4183-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-4186-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-4209-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-4210-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
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Sun, 13 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

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{'score': 0.03184}

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{'score': 0.02658}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-05T01:24:47.916Z

Reserved: 2019-09-24T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2019-16746

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2019-09-24T06:15:10.400

Modified: 2024-11-21T04:31:06.460

Link: CVE-2019-16746

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2019-09-11T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2019-16746 - Bugzilla

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