Vulnerability · Published May 5, 2020 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2020-12654
High 7.1
In plain English
A high-severity security flaw in the linux package (Debian). There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 1.2% (higher than 69% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Severity (CVSS NVD)7.1High
Exploit odds (30 days)1.2%top 31.2% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
An issue was found in Linux kernel before 5.5.4. mwifiex_ret_wmm_get_status() in drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/wmm.c allows a remote AP to trigger a heap-based buffer overflow because of an incorrect memcpy, aka CID-3a9b153c5591.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian:12 | linux | 5.5.13-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2020-12654 |
| Debian:13 | linux | 5.5.13-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2020-12654 |
| Debian:14 | linux | 5.5.13-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2020-12654 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-intel-iot-realtime | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2020-12654 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | linux-raspi-realtime | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2020-12654 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-realtime | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2020-12654 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-riscv | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2020-12654 |
Affected products (as reported)
References
- https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.5.4 x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/3a9b153c5591548612c3955c9600a98150c81875 x_refsource_MISC
- https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=3a9b153c5591548612c3955c9600a98150c81875 x_refsource_MISC
- [oss-security] 20200508 Linux kernel: two buffer overflow in the marvell wifi driver mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200608-0001/ x_refsource_CONFIRM
- [debian-lts-announce] 20200609 [SECURITY] [DLA 2241-1] linux security update mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST
- [debian-lts-announce] 20200610 [SECURITY] [DLA 2242-1] linux-4.9 security update mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST
- [debian-lts-announce] 20200610 [SECURITY] [DLA 2241-2] linux security update mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST
- DSA-4698 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_DEBIAN
- openSUSE-SU-2020:0801 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_SUSE
- USN-4392-1 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_UBUNTU
- USN-4393-1 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_UBUNTU