CVE-2021-0168

Summary

CVECVE-2021-0168
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2022-02-09 23:15:00 UTC
Updated2022-02-15 15:24:00 UTC
DescriptionImproper input validation in firmware for some Intel(R) PROSet/Wireless Wi-Fi in multiple operating systems and some Killer(TM) Wi-Fi in Windows 10 and 11 may allow a privileged user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-20

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Hardware Intel Amt Ac 8260 - All All All
Operating System Intel Amt Ac 8260 Firmware All All All All
Hardware Intel Amt Ac 8265 - All All All
Operating System Intel Amt Ac 8265 Firmware All All All All
Hardware Intel Amt Ac 9260 - All All All
Operating System Intel Amt Ac 9260 Firmware All All All All
Hardware Intel Amt Ac 9560 - All All All
Operating System Intel Amt Ac 9560 Firmware All All All All
Hardware Intel Amt Wi-fi 6 Ax200 - All All All
Operating System Intel Amt Wi-fi 6 Ax200 Firmware All All All All
Hardware Intel Amt Wi-fi 6 Ax201 - All All All
Operating System Intel Amt Wi-fi 6 Ax201 Firmware All All All All
Hardware Intel Amt Wi-fi 6 Ax210 - All All All
Operating System Intel Amt Wi-fi 6 Ax210 Firmware All All All All
Hardware Intel Killer Ac 1550 - All All All
Operating System Intel Killer Ac 1550 Firmware All All All All
Hardware Intel Killer Wi-fi 6e Ax1675 - All All All
Operating System Intel Killer Wi-fi 6e Ax1675 Firmware All All All All
Hardware Intel Killer Wi-fi 6 Ax1650 - All All All
Operating System Intel Killer Wi-fi 6 Ax1650 Firmware All All All All
Hardware Intel Proset Ac 3165 - All All All
Operating System Intel Proset Ac 3165 Firmware All All All All
Hardware Intel Proset Ac 3168 - All All All
Operating System Intel Proset Ac 3168 Firmware All All All All
Hardware Intel Proset Ac 8260 - All All All
Operating System Intel Proset Ac 8260 Firmware All All All All
Hardware Intel Proset Ac 8265 - All All All
Operating System Intel Proset Ac 8265 Firmware All All All All
Hardware Intel Proset Ac 9260 - All All All
Operating System Intel Proset Ac 9260 Firmware All All All All
Hardware Intel Proset Ac 9461 - All All All
Operating System Intel Proset Ac 9461 Firmware All All All All
Hardware Intel Proset Ac 9462 - All All All
Operating System Intel Proset Ac 9462 Firmware All All All All
Hardware Intel Proset Ac 9560 - All All All
Operating System Intel Proset Ac 9560 Firmware All All All All
Hardware Intel Proset Wi-fi 6e Ax210 - All All All
Operating System Intel Proset Wi-fi 6e Ax210 Firmware All All All All
Hardware Intel Proset Wi-fi 6 Ax200 - All All All
Operating System Intel Proset Wi-fi 6 Ax200 Firmware All All All All
Hardware Intel Proset Wi-fi 6 Ax201 - All All All
Operating System Intel Proset Wi-fi 6 Ax201 Firmware All All All All
Hardware Intel Proset Wireless 7265 Rev D - All All All
Operating System Intel Proset Wireless 7265 Rev D Firmware All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
INTEL-SA-00539 MISC www.intel.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 751804 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for kernel-firmware (SUSE-SU-2022:0721-1)
  • 751959 OpenSUSE Security Update for kernel-firmware (openSUSE-SU-2022:1065-1)
  • 752007 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for kernel-firmware (SUSE-SU-2022:1065-1)
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