Buffer overflow in British Airways Entertainment System
CVE-2019-9019
The British Airways Entertainment System, as installed on Boeing 777-36N(ER) and possibly other aircraft, does not prevent the USB charging/data-transfer feature from interacting with USB keyboard and mouse devices, which allows physically proximate attackers to conduct unanticipated attacks against Entertainment applications, as demonstrated by using mouse copy-and-paste actions to trigger a Chat buffer overflow or possibly have unspecified other impact.
Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow
EPSS: 0.005 (38.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 6.8 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
Affected products
- British_airways Entertainment_system
- N/a — versions n/a
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2019-9019?
- CVE-2019-9019 is a medium-severity vulnerability in British Airways Entertainment System, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 6.8/10. Published 2019-02-22.
- How severe is CVE-2019-9019?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.8 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2019-9019 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.