Broadcom BCM43xx Wi-Fi chips allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors, aka the "Broadpwn" issue.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2017-9417 is rated High Exploit Risk (93.3/100): CVSS Critical severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 42.60%, 98th percentile). Core evidence: 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +11.19% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.
Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.
| EDB-ID | Source | Kind | Published | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 44268 | exploit_db | edb | 2016-12-01 | Exploit-DB ↗ |
EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).
| # | Date | Old EPSS score | New EPSS score | Delta (New - Old) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2026-05-22 | 31.41% | 42.60% | +11.19% |
| 2 | 2026-02-26 | 40.67% | 31.41% | -9.26% |
| 3 | 2025-11-21 | — | 40.67% | — |
Full EPSS history (21 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9.8 | 3.0 | CRITICAL |
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3.9 | 5.9 | [email protected] |
| 7.5 | 2.0 | HIGH |
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10.0 | 6.4 | [email protected] |
| vendor | priority | summary | link |
|---|---|---|---|
debian
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not yet assigned | CVE-2017-9417 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (firmware-nonfree), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. | https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-9417 |
| Vendor | Product | Version | Raw CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| broadcom | bcm43xx_wi-fi_chipset_firmware | — | cpe:2.3:o:broadcom:bcm43xx_wi-fi_chipset_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |