CVE-2021-0079
Improper input validation in software for some Intel(R) PROSet/Wireless WiFi and Killer(TM) WiFi...
Improper input validation in software for some Intel(R) PROSet/Wireless WiFi and Killer(TM) WiFi in Windows 10 may allow an unauthenticated user to potentially enable denial of service via adjacent access.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Adjacent network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
Improper input validation in software for some Intel(R) PROSet/Wireless WiFi and Killer(TM) WiFi in Windows 10 may allow an unauthenticated user to potentially enable denial of service via adjacent access.
- Record
CVE-2021-0079- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 6.1 Medium
AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C - Weakness
- CWE-20
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Improper input validation in software for some Intel(R) PROSet/Wireless WiFi and Killer(TM) WiFi in Windows 10 may allow an unauthenticated user to potentially enable denial of service via adjacent access.
- Record
CVE-2021-0079- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2021-2698 No score
Improper input validation in software for some Intel(R) PROSet/Wireless WiFi and Killer(TM) WiFi in Windows 10 may allow an unauthenticated user to potentially enable denial of service via adjacent access.
- Record
EUVD-2021-2698- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-gx34-gwqq-m8fg No score
Improper input validation in software for some Intel(R) PROSet/Wireless WiFi and Killer(TM) WiFi...
Improper input validation in software for some Intel(R) PROSet/Wireless WiFi and Killer(TM) WiFi in Windows 10 may allow an unauthenticated user to potentially enable denial of service via adjacent access.
- Record
GHSA-gx34-gwqq-m8fg- Weakness
- CWE-20
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
- intel 7265 firmware
- intel ac1550 firmware
- intel ac 3165 firmware
- intel ac 3168 firmware
- intel ac 8260 firmware
- intel ac 8265 firmware
- intel ac 9260 firmware
- intel ac 9461 firmware
- intel ac 9462 firmware
- intel ac 9560 firmware
- intel ax1650 firmware
- intel ax1675 firmware
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History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2021-0079 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.5) in Intel 7265 Firmware, published November 17, 2021. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.39%, the 32nd percentile. No source names a fixed version.