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CVE-2017-7541
The brcmf_cfg80211_mgmt_tx function in drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/cfg80211.c in the Linux kernel before 4.12.3…
High7.8EPSS 0.55%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- redhat
Description
The brcmf_cfg80211_mgmt_tx function in drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/cfg80211.c in the Linux kernel before 4.12.3 allows local users to cause a denial of service (buffer overflow and system crash) or possibly gain privileges via a crafted NL80211_CMD_FRAME Netlink packet.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | High7.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.55% · top 54% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.8.
Weakness
- memory corruption
- CWE-119 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-119 and its CVEs
Affected products
Linux kernel before 4.12.3
- affected Linux kernel before 4.12.3
References (16)
- DSA-3927 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/8f44c9a41386729fea410e688959ddaa9d51be7c (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 99955 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- RHSA-2017:2918 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- RHSA-2017:2931 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-11-01 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1473198 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- RHSA-2017:2863 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- 1038981 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1049645 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- DSA-3945 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- https://www.spinics.net/lists/stable/msg180994.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/07/24/2 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.12.3 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=8f44c9a41386729fea410e688959ddaa9d51be7c (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- RHSA-2017:2930 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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