Memory corruption in Marvell Technology products - CVE-2019-6496
Published: February 6, 2019
Vulnerability identifier: #VU17381
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 8.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-6496
CWE-ID: CWE-119
Exploitation vector: Adjecent network
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows an adjacent unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code on the host system.
The weakness exists due to a block pool memory overflow during Wi-Fi network scans. An adjacent attacker within Wi-Fi radio range can overwrite certain block pool data structures to intercept network traffic or execute arbitrary code on a system with a vulnerable Marvell SoC.
The weakness exists due to a block pool memory overflow during Wi-Fi network scans. An adjacent attacker within Wi-Fi radio range can overwrite certain block pool data structures to intercept network traffic or execute arbitrary code on a system with a vulnerable Marvell SoC.
Affected software
Avastar 88W8897
Avastar 88W8801
Avastar 88W8797
Avastar 88W8787
Avastar 88W8801
Avastar 88W8797
Avastar 88W8787
How to mitigate CVE-2019-6496
Install update from vendor's website.