About the security content of Wi-Fi Update for Boot Camp 6.1

This document describes the security content of Wi-Fi Update for Boot Camp 6.1.

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Wi-Fi Update for Boot Camp 6.1

Released July 19, 2017

Wi-Fi

Available for the following machines while running Boot Camp: MacBook Air (Late 2010 and later), MacBook Pro (Late 2010 and later), Mac mini (Mid 2010 and later), iMac (Mid 2010 and later), MacBook (Mid 2010 and later)

Impact: An attacker within range may be able to execute arbitrary code on the Wi-Fi chip

Description: A memory corruption issue was addressed with improved memory handling.

CVE-2017-9417: Nitay Artenstein of Exodus Intelligence

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