Cyber Resilience

CVE-2022-21181

High

Published: 18 August 2022

Published
18 August 2022
Modified
05 May 2025
KEV Added
Patch
CVSS Score v3.1 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0016 36.5th percentile
Risk Priority 16 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2022-21181 is a high-severity Improper Input Validation (CWE-20) vulnerability in Intel Wireless-Ac 9560 Firmware. Its CVSS base score is 7.8 (High).

Operationally, ranked at the 36.5th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

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.

CWE(s)

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
wireless-ac 9462 firmware
≤ 22.120
intel
wireless-ac 9461 firmware
≤ 22.120
intel
killer ac 1550 firmware
≤ 3.1122.1105
intel
dual band wireless-ac 8260 firmware
≤ 22.120
intel
dual band wireless-ac 8265 firmware
≤ 22.120
intel
wireless-ac 9260 firmware
≤ 22.120

Mitigating Controls

Likely Mitigating Controls AI

Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.

addresses: CWE-20

Security testing and developer training directly verify and enforce proper input validation, reducing exploitability of injection and malformed-data weaknesses.

addresses: CWE-20

Security testing and evaluation at multiple SDLC stages directly detects missing or flawed input validation, with the required remediation process ensuring fixes are applied.

addresses: CWE-20

Directly implements checks on information inputs to reject invalid data before processing.

addresses: CWE-20

Spam protection mechanisms perform filtering and detection on inbound/outbound messages, directly compensating for missing or weak input validation of unsolicited content.

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