Intel PROSet/Wireless WiFi 21.70 control flow

CVSS Meta Temp Score
CVSS is a standardized scoring system to determine possibilities of attacks. The Temp Score considers temporal factors like disclosure, exploit and countermeasures. The unique Meta Score calculates the average score of different sources to provide a normalized scoring system.
Current Exploit Price (≈)
Our analysts are monitoring exploit markets and are in contact with vulnerability brokers. The range indicates the observed or calculated exploit price to be seen on exploit markets. A good indicator to understand the monetary effort required for and the popularity of an attack.
CTI Interest Score
Our Cyber Threat Intelligence team is monitoring different web sites, mailing lists, exploit markets and social media networks. The CTI Interest Score identifies the interest of attackers and the security community for this specific vulnerability in real-time. A high score indicates an elevated risk to be targeted for this vulnerability.
7.4$0-$5k0.00

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability described as critical has been identified in Intel PROSet and Wireless WiFi. This impacts an unknown function. Executing a manipulation can lead to control flow. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2020-12313. The attack is only possible within the local network. No exploit exists. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Intel PROSet and Wireless WiFi (Wireless LAN Software). It has been declared as critical. This vulnerability affects an unknown code block. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a control flow vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-670. The code contains a control flow path that does not reflect the algorithm that the path is intended to implement, leading to incorrect behavior any time this path is navigated. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The weakness was disclosed 11/14/2020 as intel-sa-00402. The advisory is shared for download at intel.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2020-12313. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 253395 (Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2020-12313), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading to version 21.110 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (253395). Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

Productinfo

Type

Vendor

Name

Version

License

Website

CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

CVSSv4info

VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.6
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.4

VulDB Base Score: 6.3
VulDB Temp Score: 6.0
VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

NVD Base Score: 8.8
NVD Vector: 🔍

CVSSv2info

AVACAuCIA
💳💳💳💳💳💳
💳💳💳💳💳💳
💳💳💳💳💳💳
VectorComplexityAuthenticationConfidentialityIntegrityAvailability
UnlockUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlock
UnlockUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlock
UnlockUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlock

VulDB Base Score: 🔍
VulDB Temp Score: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

NVD Base Score: 🔍

Exploitinginfo

Class: Control flow
CWE: CWE-670
CAPEC: 🔍
ATT&CK: 🔍

Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Partially

Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined

EPSS Score: 🔍
EPSS Percentile: 🔍

Price Prediction: 🔍
Current Price Estimation: 🔍

0-DayUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlock
TodayUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlock

Nessus ID: 253395
Nessus Name: Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2020-12313

Threat Intelligenceinfo

Interest: 🔍
Active Actors: 🔍
Active APT Groups: 🔍

Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
Status: 🔍

0-Day Time: 🔍

Upgrade: PROSet/Wireless WiFi 21.110

Timelineinfo

04/28/2020 🔍
11/14/2020 +200 days 🔍
11/14/2020 +0 days 🔍
08/24/2025 +1744 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: intel.com

Advisory: intel-sa-00402
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2020-12313 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2020-12313
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-164932

Entryinfo

Created: 11/14/2020 09:21
Updated: 08/24/2025 04:26
Changes: 11/14/2020 09:21 (37), 12/07/2020 12:14 (5), 12/07/2020 12:21 (18), 08/24/2025 04:26 (19)
Complete: 🔍
Cache ID: 216::103

Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

Discussion

No comments yet. Languages: en.

Please log in to comment.

◂ PreviousOverviewNext ▸

Want to stay up to date on a daily basis?

Enable the mail alert feature now!