CVE-2017-11120 describes a critical buffer overflow vulnerability in Broadcom BCM4355C0 Wi-Fi chips, including those found in Apple iOS and tvOS devices. An unauthenticated attacker can trigger this flaw by sending a specially crafted RRM neighbor report frame. With a CVSS score of 9.8, this vulnerability allows for complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not on the KEV catalog, public exploit code exists (EDB-42784) and it has garnered significant community discussion and media coverage, indicating high awareness and potential for exploitation.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
9.44.78.27.0.1.56CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:broadcom:bcm4355c0_firmware:9.44.78.27.0.1.56:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 11.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 11.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:apple:tvos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.