Intel WiFi Driver up to 21.39 memory corruption

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability categorized as critical has been discovered in Intel WiFi Driver up to 21.39. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality. The manipulation results in memory corruption. This vulnerability was named CVE-2019-11152. The attack needs to be approached within the local network. There is no available exploit. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability was found in Intel WiFi Driver up to 21.39 (Hardware Driver Software). It has been classified as critical. Affected is an unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Memory corruption issues in Intel(R) WIFI Drivers before version 21.40 may allow a privileged user to potentially enable escalation of privilege, denial of service, and information disclosure via adjacent access.

The weakness was presented 11/14/2019. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2019-11152 since 04/11/2019. The attack can only be done within the local network. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

Upgrading to version 21.40 eliminates this vulnerability.

See VDB-145607 for similar entry. VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

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Type

• Hardware Driver Software

Vendor

• Intel

Name

• WiFi Driver

Version

• 21.0
• 21.1
• 21.2
• 21.3
• 21.4
• 21.5
• 21.6
• 21.7
• 21.8
• 21.9
• 21.10
• 21.11
• 21.12
• 21.13
• 21.14
• 21.15
• 21.16
• 21.17
• 21.18
• 21.19
• 21.20
• 21.21
• 21.22
• 21.23
• 21.24
• 21.25
• 21.26
• 21.27
• 21.28
• 21.29
• 21.30
• 21.31
• 21.32
• 21.33
• 21.34
• 21.35
• 21.36
• 21.37
• 21.38
• 21.39

License

• commercial

Website

• Vendor: https://www.intel.com/

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