CVE-2019-12588

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    CVE-2019-12588

    Published: 4 Sept 2019Last Modified: 8 Jul 2026

    Summary:

    Details: The client 802.11 mac implementation in Espressif ESP8266_NONOS_SDK 2.2.0 through 3.1.0 does not validate correctly the RSN AuthKey suite list count in beacon frames, probe responses, and association responses, which allows attackers in radio range to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted message.

    References: https://github.com/espressif, https://github.com/Matheus-Garbelini/esp32_esp8266_attacks, https://matheus-garbelini.github.io/home/post/esp8266-beacon-frame-crash/

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name:

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    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    2.5.2
    2.5.1
    2.5.0
    2.5.0-beta3
    2.5.0-beta2
    2.5.0-beta1

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High