# CVE-2020-12653: Memory corruption in n/a

> Local attackers can exploit a buffer overflow in the Marvell mwifiex driver to gain privileges or cause a denial of service.

- **Severity:** High 7.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 5 May 2020
- **Updated:** 4 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** DEBIAN-CVE-2020-12653, GHSA-gj62-72x5-vwvc, UBUNTU-CVE-2020-12653

## What is CVE-2020-12653?

CVE-2020-12653 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, published on 5 May 2020. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

An issue was found in Linux kernel before 5.5.4. The mwifiex_cmd_append_vsie_tlv() function in drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/scan.c allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service because of an incorrect memcpy and buffer overflow, aka CID-b70261a288ea.

Weakness: CWE-787 (Out-of-bounds Write)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-12653?

It affects 22 products.


Products: Debian Debian Linux, Linux kernel, Netapp A700s Firmware, Netapp Active Iq Unified Manager, Netapp Cloud Backup, Netapp Element Software, Netapp H300e Firmware, Netapp H300s Firmware, Netapp H410c Firmware, Netapp H410s Firmware, Netapp H500e Firmware, Netapp H500s Firmware, Netapp H610c Firmware, Netapp H610s Firmware, Netapp H615c Firmware, Netapp H700e Firmware, Netapp H700s Firmware, Netapp Hci Compute Node Firmware, Netapp Hci Management Node, Netapp Solidfire and 2 more.

## How do I fix CVE-2020-12653?

Apply the vendor's patch.

## Is CVE-2020-12653 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-12653 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2020-12653 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2020-12653 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, published on 5 May 2020. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-12653 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Debian Debian Linux. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-12653/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-12653/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-12653
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-12653
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-12653

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