{"id":"CVE-2017-6975","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2017-6975","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T19:46:46.650Z","title":"Wi-Fi in Apple iOS before 10.3.1 does not prevent CVE-2017-6956 stack buffer overflow exploitation via a crafted access point.","description":"Wi-Fi in Apple iOS before 10.3.1 does not prevent CVE-2017-6956 stack buffer overflow exploitation via a crafted access point.  NOTE: because an operating system could potentially isolate itself from CVE-2017-6956 exploitation without patching Broadcom firmware functions, there is a separate CVE ID for the operating-system behavior.","published":"2017-04-05T14:59:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T01:23:25.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"product-security@apple.com","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":6.8,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-119"],"affected":["apple/iphone os"],"epss":{"score":0.00537,"percentile":0.45053,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"low","text":"Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.54%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/May/24","source":"product-security@apple.com"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97328","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"product-security@apple.com"},{"url":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038172","source":"product-security@apple.com"},{"url":"https://googleprojectzero.blogspot.com/2017/04/over-air-exploiting-broadcoms-wi-fi_4.html","tags":["Exploit","Technical Description","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"product-security@apple.com"},{"url":"https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/May/30","source":"product-security@apple.com"},{"url":"https://support.apple.com/HT207688","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"product-security@apple.com"},{"url":"https://support.apple.com/kb/HT210121","source":"product-security@apple.com"},{"url":"https://twitter.com/4Dgifts/status/849268365457850370","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"product-security@apple.com"},{"url":"http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/May/24","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97328","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038172","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://googleprojectzero.blogspot.com/2017/04/over-air-exploiting-broadcoms-wi-fi_4.html","tags":["Exploit","Technical Description","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/May/30","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://support.apple.com/HT207688","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://support.apple.com/kb/HT210121","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://twitter.com/4Dgifts/status/849268365457850370","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-6975","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}