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Bcm4355C0 Firmware CVE-2017-11120

CRITICAL
Buffer Overflow (CWE-119)
2017-09-28 cve@mitre.org
9.8
CVSS 3.0 · NVD
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NVD PRIMARY
9.8 CRITICAL
AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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CVSS VectorNVD

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

Lifecycle Timeline

1
CVE Published
Sep 28, 2017 - 01:29 cve.org
CRITICAL 9.8

DescriptionCVE.org

On Broadcom BCM4355C0 Wi-Fi chips 9.44.78.27.0.1.56 and other chips, an attacker can craft a malformed RRM neighbor report frame to trigger an internal buffer overflow in the Wi-Fi firmware, aka B-V2017061204.

AnalysisAI

On Broadcom BCM4355C0 Wi-Fi chips 9.44.78.27.0.1.56 and other chips, an attacker can craft a malformed RRM neighbor report frame to trigger an internal buffer overflow in the Wi-Fi firmware, aka. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and EPSS exploitation probability 24.4%.

Technical ContextAI

This vulnerability is classified as Buffer Overflow (CWE-119), which allows attackers to corrupt memory to execute arbitrary code or crash the application. On Broadcom BCM4355C0 Wi-Fi chips 9.44.78.27.0.1.56 and other chips, an attacker can craft a malformed RRM neighbor report frame to trigger an internal buffer overflow in the Wi-Fi firmware, aka B-V2017061204. Affected products include: Broadcom Bcm4355C0 Firmware, Apple Iphone Os, Apple Tvos.

RemediationAI

No vendor patch is available at time of analysis. Monitor vendor advisories for updates. Use memory-safe languages or bounds-checking. Enable ASLR, DEP/NX, stack canaries. Use safe string functions.

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