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National Vulnerability Database

National Vulnerability Database

NVD

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  1. Vulnerabilities

CVE-2017-11121 Detail

Description

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.


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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/144329/Broadcom-802.11r-FT-Reassociation-Response-Overflows.html CVE, MITRE Exploit  Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100984 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=1291 CVE, MITRE Exploit  Issue Tracking  Third Party Advisory 
https://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2017/Sep/msg00007.html CVE, MITRE Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
https://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2017/Sep/msg00009.html CVE, MITRE Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-09-01 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
https://support.apple.com/HT208112 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
https://support.apple.com/HT208113 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT208112 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT208113 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2017-11121
NVD Published Date:
09/27/2017
NVD Last Modified:
06/16/2026
Source:
MITRE