HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2019-9500

Brcmfmac Driver vulnerability

CVSS
7.9
EPSS
3.8%
EPSS pct
89th
Exploited
No known
The Broadcom brcmfmac WiFi driver prior to commit 1b5e2423164b3670e8bc9174e4762d297990deff is vulnerable to a heap buffer overflow. If the Wake-up on Wireless LAN functionality is configured, a malicious event frame can be constructed to trigger an heap buffer overflow in the brcmf_wowl_nd_results function. This vulnerability can be exploited with compromised chipsets to compromise the host, or when used in combination with CVE-2019-9503, can be used remotely. In the worst case scenario, by sending specially-crafted WiFi packets, a remote, unauthenticated attacker may be able to execute arbitrary code on a vulnerable system. More typically, this vulnerability will result in denial-of-service conditions.
Affected vendor
Broadcom
Affected product
Brcmfmac Driver
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness type (CWE)
Published
2020-01-16

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable from an adjacent network, high attack complexity, requiring no privileges, user interaction. Successful exploitation leads to high impact to confidentiality, high impact to integrity, high impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 3.8% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 89% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2019-9500

  • Confirm whether Broadcom Brcmfmac Driver is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2019-9500.
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