CVE-2020-36158

medium

Description

mwifiex_cmd_802_11_ad_hoc_start in drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/join.c in the Linux kernel through 5.10.4 might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long SSID value, aka CID-5c455c5ab332.

References

https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=5c455c5ab332773464d02ba17015acdca198f03d

https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/5c455c5ab332773464d02ba17015acdca198f03d

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/02/msg00018.html

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/03/msg00010.html

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/HCHBIRS27VMOGMBHPWP2R7SZRFXT6O6U/

https://lore.kernel.org/r/[email protected]

https://patchwork.kernel.org/project/linux-wireless/patch/[email protected]/

https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210212-0002/

https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4843

Details

Source: MITRE

Published: 2021-01-05

Updated: 2021-03-09

Type: CWE-120

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.2

Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Impact Score: 10

Exploitability Score: 3.9

Severity: HIGH

CVSS v3

Base Score: 6.7

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Impact Score: 5.9

Exploitability Score: 0.8

Severity: MEDIUM