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CVE-2017-11121

26
FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-11121 is a critical vulnerability affecting Broadcom BCM4355C0 Wi-Fi chips and devices utilizing them, including Apple iOS and tvOS products. It involves specially crafted over-the-air Fast Transition frames that can cause heap and/or stack overflows in the Wi-Fi firmware. This flaw carries a CVSS score of 9.8 (Critical) due to its network-based attack vector, low attack complexity, and potential for complete compromise (confidentiality, integrity, availability). While there is no evidence of active exploitation or public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), the vulnerability has garnered some community discussion and media coverage, indicating awareness within the security community.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(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 Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

9.8CRITICAL

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 Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.79%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
84.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0279 is in the 76th percentile among its peer group of 36,835 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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.

Media Mentions

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

packetstormsecurity.com / files/144329/Broadcom-802.11r-FT-Reassociation-Response-Overflows.html
ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
bugs.chromium.org / p/project-zero/issues/detail
ExploitIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
lists.apple.com / archives/security-announce/2017/Sep/msg00007.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.apple.com / archives/security-announce/2017/Sep/msg00009.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
source.android.com / security/bulletin/2017-09-01
Third Party Advisory
support.apple.com / en-us/HT208112
Third Party Advisory
support.apple.com / en-us/HT208113
Third Party Advisory
support.apple.com / HT208112
Third Party Advisory
support.apple.com / HT208113
Third Party Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/100984
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry