Skip to content
Fencer Intel
high 7.1

CVE-2021-23179 json

Out of bounds read in firmware for some Intel(R) Wireless Bluetooth(R) and Killer(TM) Bluetooth(R) products before version 22.120 may allow…

published 4y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2021-10289

cvss
7.1
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.2%
EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 11%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Out of bounds read in firmware for some Intel(R) Wireless Bluetooth(R) and Killer(TM) Bluetooth(R) products before version 22.120 may allow a privileged user to potentially enable information disclosure via local access.

Patch / fix

  • intel wi-fi_6_ax411_firmware 22.120
  • intel wi-fi_6_ax211_firmware 22.120
  • intel wi-fi_6_ax210_firmware 22.120
  • intel wi-fi_6_ax201_firmware 22.120
  • intel wi-fi_6_ax200_firmware 22.120
  • intel wireless-ac_9560_firmware 22.120
  • intel wireless-ac_9462_firmware 22.120
  • intel wireless-ac_9461_firmware 22.120
  • intel wireless-ac_9260_firmware 22.120
  • intel dual_band_wireless-ac_8265_firmware 22.120
  • intel dual_band_wireless-ac_8260_firmware 22.120
  • intel dual_band_wireless-ac_3168_firmware 22.120
  • intel wireless_7265_firmware 22.120
  • intel dual_band_wireless-ac_3165_firmware 22.120
  • intel killer_wi-fi_6e_ax1690_firmware 22.120
  • intel killer_wi-fi_6e_ax1675_firmware 22.120
  • intel killer_wi-fi_6_ax1650_firmware 22.120
  • intel killer_wireless-ac_1550_firmware 22.120

Is CVE-2021-23179 in your stack? Fencer shows which of your repositories are affected as soon as an advisory lands, and opens the fix as a pull request.

Check with Fencer

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
last yr.

Exploit prediction

0.21% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 11% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CISA ADP 3.1 7.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
NVD 3.1 7.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
CNA 3.1 7.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H

Affected products

  • n/a Intel(R) Wireless Bluetooth(R) and Killer(TM) Bluetooth(R) products

Classification

Weakness

References

Sources

Fencer Intel keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.