What is CVE-2019-12588?

CVE-2019-12588 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Espressif Arduino_esp8266, classified under Improper Input Validation. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2019-09-04.

How severe is CVE-2019-12588?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Is CVE-2019-12588 known to be exploited?

18 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Improper input validation in Espressif Arduino_esp8266

CVE-2019-12588

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 ra…

Vulnerability class: Drupalgeddon 2 (CVE-2018-7600)

EPSS: 0.012 (64.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-20 — Improper Input Validation

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

cve@mitre.org (Product, x_refsource_MISC)
cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-12588?: CVE-2019-12588 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Espressif Arduino_esp8266, classified under Improper Input Validation. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2019-09-04.
How severe is CVE-2019-12588?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2019-12588 known to be exploited?: 18 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.