High severity8.8NVD Advisory· Published Apr 5, 2017· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2017-6956
CVE-2017-6956
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).
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Affected products
1- cpe:2.3:o:broadcom:hardmac_wi-fi_soc_firmware:6.37.34.40:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Patches
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References
2- bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detailnvdThird Party Advisory
- googleprojectzero.blogspot.com/2017/04/over-air-exploiting-broadcoms-wi-fi_4.htmlnvdThird Party Advisory
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