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UBUNTU-CVE-2019-16746 Critical

UBUNTU-CVE-2019-16746

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.

Exploit probability Not scored
Published September 24, 2019
Required by Not available
Last source change August 18, 2026

02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE

Affected packages

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS linux-snapdragon

70 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-oem

29 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-aws-5.0

1 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-oem-osp1

10 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-raspi2

6 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS linux

191 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-aws

35 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-oracle

17 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS-updates:18.04:LTS linux-azure-fips

1 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux

41 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS linux-hwe-edge

23 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS:18.04:LTS linux-gcp-fips

1 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:24.04:LTS linux-raspi-realtime

1 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-oracle-5.0

1 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-riscv

12 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-intel-iot-realtime

1 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS linux-kvm

38 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-gke-5.0

8 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-hwe-edge

10 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS linux-oracle

17 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS linux-aws

37 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-snapdragon

15 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-kvm

34 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS:18.04:LTS linux-azure-fips

1 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-gke-4.15

13 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-riscv

23 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:Nvidia-BlueField:24.04:LTS linux-bluefield

11 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS linux-raspi2

72 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS:16.04:LTS linux-fips

2 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-raspi2

36 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS linux-gcp

41 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS linux

100 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-gke

51 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS linux-azure

48 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS:18.04:LTS linux-aws-fips

1 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS-updates:18.04:LTS linux-aws-fips

1 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS linux-aws

59 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS linux-aws-hwe

18 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-azure

37 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-azure-fde

26 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-gcp

32 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS linux-lts-xenial

78 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS linux-hwe

62 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS:16.04:LTS linux-fips

14 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS linux-azure

25 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-hwe

19 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-gcp-edge

12 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-azure-edge

4 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-realtime

1 explicit affected versions

03 / CONNECTIONS

Connected vulnerabilities

related USN-4183-1

04 / EVIDENCE

Source records

Open Source Vulnerabilities UBUNTU-CVE-2019-16746

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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05 / REFERENCES

Further evidence