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Intel® PROSet/Wireless WiFi and Killer™ WiFi Software Advisory
Intel ID: | INTEL-SA-00582 |
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Advisory Category: | Firmware, Software |
Impact of vulnerability: | Escalation of Privilege, Denial of Service, Information Disclosure |
Severity rating: | HIGH |
Original release: | 02/08/2022 |
Last revised: | 02/08/2022 |
Summary:
Potential security vulnerabilities in some Intel® PROSet/Wireless WiFi and Killer™ WiFi products may allow escalation of privilege, denial of service or information disclosure. Intel is releasing firmware and software updates to mitigate these potential vulnerabilities.
Vulnerability Details:
CVEID: CVE-2021-33113
Description: Improper input validation for some Intel(R) PROSet/Wireless WiFi in multiple operating systems and Killer(TM) WiFi in Windows 10 & 11 may allow an unauthenticated user to potentially enable denial of service or information disclosure via adjacent access.
CVSS Base Score: 7.1 High
CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:L
CVEID: CVE-2021-33115
Description: Improper input validation for some Intel(R) PROSet/Wireless WiFi in UEFI may allow an unauthenticated user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via adjacent access.
CVSS Base Score: 6.8 Medium
CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
CVEID: CVE-2021-33114
Description: Improper input validation for some Intel(R) PROSet/Wireless WiFi in multiple operating systems and Killer(TM) WiFi in Windows 10 & 11 may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable denial of service via adjacent access.
CVSS Base Score: 4.8 Medium
CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Affected Products:
Intel® PROSet/Wireless Wi-Fi products with Windows WiFi drivers before version 22.80, or UEFI WiFi drivers before version 1.2.8.21337:
- Intel® Wi-Fi 6E AX210
- Intel® Wi-Fi 6 AX201
- Intel® Wi-Fi 6 AX200
- Intel® Wireless-AC 9560
- Intel® Wireless-AC 9462
- Intel® Wireless-AC 9461
- Intel® Wireless-AC 9260
- Intel® Dual Band Wireless-AC 8265
- Intel® Dual Band Wireless-AC 8260
- Intel® Dual Band Wireless-AC 3168
- Intel® Wireless 7265 (Rev D) Family
- Intel® Dual Band Wireless-AC 3165
Killer™ Wi-Fi products with drivers before version 3.1021.733.0:
- Killer™ Wi-Fi 6E AX1675
- Killer™ Wi-Fi 6 AX1650
- Killer™ Wireless-AC 1550
Recommendations:
Windows:
Intel recommends updating Intel® PROSet/Wireless WiFi to version 22.80 or later.
Updates are available for download at this location:
Intel recommends updating Killer™ WiFi to version 3.1021.733.0 or later.
https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/download/19779/intel-killer-performance-suite.html
UEFI:
Intel recommends updating UEFI WiFi drivers to version 1.2.8.21337 or later.
Please contact your OEM support group to obtain the correct driver version.
Chrome OS:
Intel® PROSet/Wireless WiFi drivers to mitigate these vulnerabilities are up streamed to Chromium.
For any Google Chrome OS solution and schedule, please contact Google directly.
Linux OS:
Intel® PROSet/Wireless WiFi drivers to mitigate these vulnerabilities are up streamed to Linux.
Consult the regular Open Source channels to obtain this update.
Acknowledgements:
Intel would like to thank Hongjian Cao at Ant Security Frontage Lab for reporting CVE-2021-33114. The remaining issues were found internally by Intel employees.
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