Cyber Resilience

CVE-2021-23168

Medium

Published: 18 August 2022

Published
18 August 2022
Modified
05 May 2025
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score v3.1 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0036 58.3th percentile
Risk Priority 13 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2021-23168 is a medium-severity Out-of-bounds Read (CWE-125) vulnerability in Intel Wireless-Ac 9560 Firmware. Its CVSS base score is 6.5 (Medium).

Operationally, ranked in the top 41.7% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

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.

CWE(s)
CWE-125

Related Threats

No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.

Affected Assets

intel
wireless-ac 9560 firmware
≤ 22.120
intel
dual band wireless-ac 3165 firmware
≤ 22.120
intel
dual band wireless-ac 3168 firmware
≤ 22.120
intel
wireless-ac 9462 firmware
≤ 22.120
intel
wireless-ac 9461 firmware
≤ 22.120
intel
killer ac 1550 firmware
≤ 3.1122.1105
intel
killer wi-fi 6 ax1650 firmware
≤ 3.1122.1105
intel
dual band wireless-ac 8260 firmware
≤ 22.120
intel
dual band wireless-ac 8265 firmware
≤ 22.120
intel
killer wi-fi 6e ax1690 firmware
≤ 3.1122.1105
+8 more product configuration(s) — see NVD for full list

Mitigating Controls

No mitigating controls mapped yet. The per-CVE control annotator has not reached this CVE.

References