CVE-2012-2619

Public Exploit

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.

Category

7.8
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 26.53% Top 5%
Vendor Advisory apple.com Vendor Advisory apple.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2013/Jan/msg00001.html vendor advisory
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5642
http://www.coresecurity.com/content/broadcom-input-validation-BCM4325-BCM4329 exploit
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/160027 third party advisory us government resource
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5643
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2013/Jan/msg00000.html vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2012-2619?
CVE-2012-2619 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2012-2619?
To fix CVE-2012-2619, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2012-2619 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2012-2619 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~27% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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