cve/2019/CVE-2019-16746.md

### [CVE-2019-16746](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-16746)
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### Description

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.

### POC

#### Reference
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/155212/Slackware-Security-Advisory-Slackware-14.2-kernel-Updates.html
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuApr2021.html

#### Github
- https://github.com/ARPSyndicate/cvemon
- https://github.com/Live-Hack-CVE/CVE-2019-16746
- https://github.com/MrAgrippa/nes-01