cve-2019-9503
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2020-01-16 20:35
Modified
2024-08-04 21:54
Severity
7.9 (High) - cvssV3_1 - CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
Broadcom brcmfmac driver is vulnerable to a frame validation bypass
References
SourceURLTags
cret@cert.orghttps://blog.quarkslab.com/reverse-engineering-broadcom-wireless-chipsets.htmlThird Party Advisory
cret@cert.orghttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1701842Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
cret@cert.orghttps://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1132828Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
cret@cert.orghttps://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=a4176ec356c73a46c07c181c6d04039fafa34a9fPatch, Third Party Advisory
cret@cert.orghttps://kb.cert.org/vuls/id/166939/Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
cret@cert.orghttps://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/2019/CVE-2019-9503.htmlThird Party Advisory
cret@cert.orghttps://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2019-9503Third Party Advisory
Impacted products
VendorProduct
Broadcombrcmfmac WiFi driver
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