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Bcm4355C0 Firmware CVE-2017-11121

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, properly crafted malicious over-the-air Fast Transition frames can potentially trigger internal Wi-Fi firmware heap and/or stack overflows, leading to denial of service or other effects, aka B-V2017061205.

AnalysisAI

On Broadcom BCM4355C0 Wi-Fi chips 9.44.78.27.0.1.56 and other chips, properly crafted malicious over-the-air Fast Transition frames can potentially trigger internal Wi-Fi firmware heap and/or stack. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

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, properly crafted malicious over-the-air Fast Transition frames can potentially trigger internal Wi-Fi firmware heap and/or stack overflows, leading to denial of service or other effects, aka B-V2017061205. 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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