CVE-2021-23223

State: Published
Severity: 7.8 High
Published: Aug 18, 2022
Updated: May 5, 2025
Reserved: Nov 30, 2021

Description

Improper initialization for some Intel(R) PROSet/Wireless WiFi and Killer(TM) WiFi products may allow a privileged user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access.

Scores

CVSS	Score	Vector	Source
3.1	7.8 High	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H	CISA-ADP

Weaknesses

CWE-665 Improper Initialization

Affected Products

Product	Versions
Intel(R) PROSet/Wireless WiFi and Killer(TM) WiFi productsn/a	See referencesAffected

References

https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/security-center/advisory/intel-sa-00621.html
[debian-lts-announce] 20230401 [SECURITY] [DLA 3380-1] firmware-nonfree LTS new upstream version (security updates and newer firmware for Linux 5.10)mailing-list

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