On the Broadcom Wi-Fi HardMAC SoC with fbt firmware, a stack buffer overflow occurs when handling an 802.11r (FT) authentication response, leading to remote code execution via a crafted access point that sends a long R0KH-ID field in a Fast BSS Transition Information Element (FT-IE)
Published Apr 5, 2017
8.8
HIGHCVSS 3.0
EPSS 1.98%
Description
On the Broadcom Wi-Fi HardMAC SoC with fbt firmware, a stack buffer overflow occurs when handling an 802.11r (FT) authentication response, leading to remote code execution via a crafted access point that sends a long R0KH-ID field in a Fast BSS Transition Information Element (FT-IE).
Affected products
No data.
- 6.37.34.40
Running on/with
- n/a
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2021–2026- EPSS v1
- EPSS v5
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
Percentile over time
- EPSS v1
- EPSS v5
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
Table of values (15 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 1.98% (0.01984) | 79.82th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 1.98% (0.01984) | 77.91th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Dec 7, 2025 | 5.42% (0.05418) | 89.78th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Nov 21, 2025 | 4.06% (0.04064) | 88.05th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Nov 18, 2025 | 0.43% (0.00428) | 59.76th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Oct 24, 2025 | 4.06% (0.04064) | 88.01th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Jul 20, 2024 | 1.29% (0.01285) | 85.93th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Nov 7, 2023 | 1.29% (0.01285) | 84.33th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 1.03% (0.01031) | 82.14th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Sep 3, 2023 | 1.21% (0.01214) | 83.57th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.40% (0.00398) | 69.42th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 2.07% (0.02067) | 79.88th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 2.07% (0.02067) | 56.65th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 3, 2022 | 1.37% (0.01374) | 32.00th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Apr 14, 2021 | 1.37% (0.01374) | 0.00th | v1 |
References (2)
- https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=1059 x_refsource_MISCThird Party Advisory
- https://googleprojectzero.blogspot.com/2017/04/over-air-exploiting-broadcoms-wi-fi_4.html x_refsource_MISCThird Party Advisory
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=1059 | x_refsource_MISCThird Party Advisory | |
| https://googleprojectzero.blogspot.com/2017/04/over-air-exploiting-broadcoms-wi-fi_4.html | x_refsource_MISCThird Party Advisory |
Change history (0)
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