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Intel® PROSet/Wireless WiFi and Killer™ WiFi Advisory

Intel ID: INTEL-SA-00621
Advisory Category: Firmware
Impact of vulnerability: Escalation of Privilege, Denial of Service, Information Disclosure
Severity rating: HIGH
Original release: 08/09/2022
Last revised: 08/09/2022
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Summary: 

Potential security vulnerabilities in some Intel® PROSet/Wireless WiFi and Killer™ WiFi products may allow escalation of privilege, information disclosure or denial of service. Intel is releasing firmware and software updates to mitigate these potential vulnerabilities.

Vulnerability Details:

CVEID:  CVE-2022-21181

Description: Improper input validation 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.

CVSS Base Score: 8.2 High

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

 

CVEID:  CVE-2021-37409

Description: Improper access control 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.

CVSS Base Score: 8.2 High

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

 

CVEID:  CVE-2021-23223

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.

CVSS Base Score: 8.2 High

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

 

CVEID:  CVE-2021-23168

Description: Out of bounds read for some Intel(R) PROSet/Wireless WiFi and Killer(TM) WiFi products may allow an unauthenticated user to potentially enable denial of service via adjacent access.

CVSS Base Score: 6.5 Medium

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

 

CVEID:  CVE-2021-44545

Description: Improper input validation for some Intel(R) PROSet/Wireless WiFi and Killer(TM) WiFi products may allow an unauthenticated user to potentially enable denial of service via adjacent access.

CVSS Base Score: 6.5 Medium

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

 

CVEID:  CVE-2021-26254

Description: Out of bounds read for some Intel(R) PROSet/Wireless WiFi and Killer(TM) WiFi products may allow a privileged user to potentially enable denial of service via local access.

CVSS Base Score: 6.0 Medium

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H

 

CVEID:  CVE-2022-21172

Description: Out of bounds write for some Intel(R) PROSet/Wireless WiFi products may allow a privileged user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access.

CVSS Base Score: 6.0 Medium

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H

 

CVEID:  CVE-2022-21240

Description: Out of bounds read for some Intel(R) PROSet/Wireless WiFi products may allow a privileged user to potentially enable information disclosure via local access.

CVSS Base Score: 6.0 Medium

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H

 

CVEID:  CVE-2022-21139

Description: Inadequate encryption strength for some Intel(R) PROSet/Wireless WiFi products may allow an unauthenticated user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via adjacent access.

CVSS Base Score: 5.4 Medium

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

 

CVEID:  CVE-2022-21197

Description: Improper input validation for some Intel(R) PROSet/Wireless WiFi products may allow an unauthenticated user to potentially enable denial of service via network access.

CVSS Base Score: 5.3 Medium

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

 

CVEID:  CVE-2022-21160

Description: Improper buffer restrictions for some Intel(R) PROSet/Wireless WiFi products may allow an unauthenticated user to potentially enable denial of service via network access.

CVSS Base Score: 5.3 Medium

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

 

CVEID:  CVE-2021-23188

Description: Improper access control for some Intel(R) PROSet/Wireless WiFi and Killer(TM) WiFi products may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable information disclosure via local access.

CVSS Base Score: 4.7 Medium

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

 

CVEID:  CVE-2022-21212

Description: Improper input validation for some Intel(R) PROSet/Wireless WiFi products may allow an unauthenticated user to potentially enable denial of service via adjacent access.

CVSS Base Score: 4.3 Medium

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

 

CVEID:  CVE-2022-21140

Description: Improper access control for some Intel(R) PROSet/Wireless WiFi and Killer(TM) WiFi products may allow a privileged user to potentially enable information disclosure via local access.

CVSS Base Score: 4.2 Medium

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Affected Products:

Intel® PROSet/Wireless WiFi software before version 22.120, Killer™ WiFi software before version 3.1122.1105 and UEFI version 2.2.12.22071.

CVE ID

Affected Products

Affected OS

CVE-2022-21181

Intel® Dual Band Wireless-AC 8265

Intel® Dual Band Wireless-AC 8260

Intel® Wireless-AC 9560

Intel® Wireless-AC 9462

Intel® Wireless-AC 9461

Intel® Wireless-AC 9260

Windows 10 & 11

Linux

Chrome OS

 

CVE-2022-21181

Killer™ Wireless-AC 1550

Windows 10 & 11

CVE-2021-23223

Intel® Wi-Fi 6E AX411

Intel® Wi-Fi 6E AX211

Intel® Wi-Fi 6E AX210

Windows 10 & 11

Linux

Chrome OS

UEFI

CVE-2021-23223

Killer™ Wi-Fi 6E AX1690

Killer™ Wi-Fi 6E AX1675

Windows 10 & 11

 

CVE-2021-37409

 

Intel® Wi-Fi 6E AX411

Intel® Wi-Fi 6E AX211

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

Windows 10 & 11

Linux

Chrome OS

UEFI

CVE-2021-37409

Killer™ Wi-Fi 6E AX1690

Killer™ Wi-Fi 6E AX1675

Killer™ Wi-Fi 6 AX1650

Killer™ Wireless-AC 1550

Windows 10 & 11

CVE-2022-21140, CVE-2021-23188

Intel® Wi-Fi 6E AX411

Intel® Wi-Fi 6E AX211

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 3168

Intel® Wireless 7265 (Rev D) Family

Intel® Dual Band Wireless-AC 3165

Intel® Dual Band Wireless-AC 8265

Intel® Dual Band Wireless-AC 8260

Windows 10 & 11

CVE-2022-21140, CVE-2021-23188

Killer™ Wi-Fi 6E AX1690

Killer™ Wi-Fi 6E AX1675

Killer™ Wi-Fi 6 AX1650

Killer™ Wireless-AC 1550

Windows 10 & 11

CVE-2021-26254

Intel® Wi-Fi 6E AX411

Intel® Wi-Fi 6E AX211

Intel® Wi-Fi 6E AX210

Intel® Wi-Fi 6 AX201

Intel® Wi-Fi 6 AX200

Windows 10 & 11

CVE-2021-26254

Killer™ Wi-Fi 6E AX1690

Killer™ Wi-Fi 6E AX1675

Killer™ Wi-Fi 6 AX1650

Windows 10 & 11

CVE-2021-23168

Intel® Wi-Fi 6E AX411

Intel® Wi-Fi 6E AX211

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 3168

Intel® Wireless 7265 (Rev D) Family

Intel® Dual Band Wireless-AC 3165

Intel® Dual Band Wireless-AC 8265

Intel® Dual Band Wireless-AC 8260

Windows 10 & 11

Linux

Chrome OS

CVE-2021-23168

Killer™ Wi-Fi 6E AX1690

Killer™ Wi-Fi 6E AX1675

Killer™ Wi-Fi 6 AX1650

Killer™ Wireless-AC 1550

Windows 10 & 11

CVE-2021-44545

Intel® Wi-Fi 6E AX411

Intel® Wi-Fi 6E AX211

Intel® Wi-Fi 6E AX210

Intel® Wi-Fi 6 AX201

Intel® Wi-Fi 6 AX200

Windows 10 & 11

Linux

UEFI

 

CVE-2021-44545

Killer™ Wi-Fi 6E AX1690

Killer™ Wi-Fi 6E AX1675

Killer™ Wi-Fi 6 AX1650

Windows 10 & 11

CVE-2022-21212, CVE-2022-21197, CVE-2022-21160, CVE-2022-21139

Intel® Wi-Fi 6E AX411

Intel® Wi-Fi 6E AX211

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

UEFI

CVE-2022-21172, CVE-2022-21240

Intel® Wi-Fi 6E AX411

Intel® Wi-Fi 6E AX211

Intel® Wi-Fi 6E AX210

UEFI

Recommendations:

Windows:

Intel recommends updating Intel® PROSet/Wireless WiFi software to version 22.120 or later.

Updates are available for download at this location:

https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/download/19351/windows-10-and-windows-11-wi-fi-drivers-for-intel-wireless-adapters.html

 

Intel recommends updating Killer™ WiFi software to version 3.1122.1105 or later.

Updates for Killer™ products are available for download at this location:

https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/download/19779/intel-killer-performance-suite.html

 

Important note regarding the mitigation of CVE-2022-21181:

For the below Intel vPro® platforms that have Intel® Active Management Technology (AMT) provisioned and Wireless AMT enabled, the CSME version needs to be updated as well.

Platform

CSME Version

Device

11th Generation Intel® Core Processor

15.0.41

Intel® Wireless-AC 9260

9th Generation Intel® Core Processor

12.0.90

Intel® Wireless-AC 9260
Intel® Wireless-AC 9560

8th Generation Intel® Core Processor

12.0.90

Intel® Wireless-AC 9260
Intel® Wireless-AC 9560

7th Generation Intel® Core Processor
6th Generation Intel® Core Processor

11.8.92 (11.12,11.22 for workstations)

Intel® Dual Band Wireless-AC 8265
Intel® Dual Band Wireless-AC 8260

Intel recommends that users of Intel® vPRO® CSME WiFi products update to the latest version provided by the system manufacturer that addresses these issues.

 

UEFI:

Intel recommends updating Intel® PROSet/Wireless WiFi UEFI drivers to version 2.2.12.22071 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 will be up streamed to Chromium by August 09, 2022.

For any Google Chrome OS solution and schedule, please contact Google directly.

 

Linux OS:

Intel® PROSet/Wireless WiFi drivers to mitigate these vulnerabilities will be up streamed by August 09, 2022.

Consult the regular opensource channels to obtain this update.

Acknowledgements:

Intel would like to thank Nicholas Iooss and Gabriel Campana of Ledger Donjon for reporting CVE-2022-21181. The remaining issues were found internally by Intel employees.

Intel, and nearly the entire technology industry, follows a disclosure practice called Coordinated Disclosure, under which a cybersecurity vulnerability is generally publicly disclosed only after mitigations are available.

Revision History

Revision Date Description
1.0 08/09/2022 Initial Release
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