The British Airways Entertainment System, as installed on Boeing 777-36N(ER) and possibly…
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Physical
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Code execution
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-119 and the CVSS impact.
Summary
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.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | all versions | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
CPE configurations NVD · 1
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:british_airways:entertainment_system:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | not specified by NVD | Vulnerable | British Airways |
- cpe:2.3:a:british_airways:entertainment_system:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions not specified by NVD Vulnerable ·British Airways
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2019-9019
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-r8rf-g2ff-2h5r
References
Sources
- CVE-2019-9019 · CVE Program
- CVE-2019-9019 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-r8rf-g2ff-2h5r · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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