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PROSet/Wireless Wi-Fi and Killer Wi-Fi may allow an unauthenticated user to potentially enable denial of service via adjacent access.\nCVE-2021-0066: Improper input validation in firmware for Intel PROSet/Wireless Wi-Fi and Killer Wi-Fi may allow an unauthenticated user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access.\nCVE-2021-0166: Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor in firmware for some Intel PROSet/Wireless Wi-Fi and some Killer Wi-Fi may allow a privileged user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access.\nCVE-2021-0168: Improper input validation in firmware for some Intel PROSet/Wireless Wi-Fi and some Killer Wi-Fi may allow a privileged user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access.\nCVE-2021-0170: Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor in firmware for some Intel PROSet/Wireless Wi-Fi and some Killer Wi-Fi may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable information disclosure via local access.\nCVE-2021-0172: Improper input validation in firmware for some Intel PROSet/Wireless Wi-Fi and some Killer Wi-Fi may allow an unauthenticated user to potentially enable denial of service via adjacent access.\nCVE-2021-0173: Improper Validation of Consistency within input in firmware for some Intel PROSet/Wireless Wi-Fi and some Killer Wi-Fi may allow a unauthenticated user to potentially enable denial of service via adjacent access.\nCVE-2021-0174: Improper Use of Validation Framework in firmware for some Intel PROSet/Wireless Wi-Fi and some Killer Wi-Fi may allow a unauthenticated user to potentially enable denial of service via adjacent access.\nCVE-2021-0175: Improper Validation of Specified Index, Position, or Offset in Input in firmware for some Intel PROSet/Wireless Wi-Fi and some Killer Wi-Fi may allow an unauthenticated user to potentially enable denial of service via adjacent access.\nCVE-2021-0076: Improper Validation of Specified Index, Position, or Offset 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