Intel PROSet/Wireless WiFi up to 23.110.0.5 on Windows Device Driver out-of-bounds write

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A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Intel PROSet and Wireless WiFi on Windows. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component Device Driver Handler. This manipulation causes out-of-bounds write. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2025-30255. The attack needs to be done within the local network. There is no exploit available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Intel PROSet and Wireless WiFi on Windows. Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown processing of the component Device Driver Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a out-of-bounds write vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-787. The product writes data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Out-of-bounds write for some Intel(R) PROSet/Wireless WiFi Software for Windows before version 23.160 within Ring 2: Device Drivers may allow a denial of service. Unprivileged software adversary with an unauthenticated user combined with a low complexity attack may enable denial of service. This result may potentially occur via adjacent access when attack requirements are not present without special internal knowledge and requires no user interaction. The potential vulnerability may impact the confidentiality (none), integrity (low) and availability (high) of the vulnerable system, resulting in subsequent system confidentiality (none), integrity (none) and availability (high) impacts.

It is possible to read the advisory at intel.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2025-30255 since 04/15/2025. The exploitation appears to be easy. Access to the local network is required for this attack to succeed. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 11/11/2025).

Upgrading to version 23.160 eliminates this vulnerability.

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Type

• Wireless LAN Software

Vendor

• Intel

Name

• PROSet
• Wireless WiFi

Version

• 21.70
• 21.110
• 22.0
• 22.40
• 22.140
• 22.220 HF
• 22.240
• 23.60
• 23.80
• 23.110.0.5

License

• commercial

Website

• Vendor: https://www.intel.com/

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