CVE-2012-2619
Description
The Broadcom BCM4325 and BCM4329 Wi-Fi chips, as used in certain Acer, Apple, Asus, Ford, HTC, Kyocera, LG, Malata, Motorola, Nokia, Pantech, Samsung, and Sony products, allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and Wi-Fi outage) via an RSN 802.11i information element.
Predictions
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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Exploits
Public proof-of-concept code below. AS-IS, for defenders and authorised testing only.
Exploit-DB
Broadcom BCM4325 / BCM4329 Devices - Denial of Service
OS impact
macOS Affected 3 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| 6.0.1 | Affected | — |
| 6.0 | Affected | — |
| — | Affected | — |
Debian Fixed 5 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| trixie | Fixed | 0 |
| sid | Fixed | 0 |
| forky | Fixed | 0 |
| bullseye | Fixed | 0 |
| bookworm | Fixed | 0 |
References
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2013/Jan/msg00000.html
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2013/Jan/msg00001.html
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5642
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5643
- http://www.coresecurity.com/content/broadcom-input-validation-BCM4325-BCM4329
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/160027
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-2619
CWEs
CWE-20
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.