VDB-332043 · CVE-2025-32446 · intel-sa-01373

Intel QuickAssist Technology Software up to 2.5.x untrusted pointer dereference

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Intel QuickAssist Technology Software up to 2.5.x. It has been classified as problematic. This affects an unknown function. Performing a manipulation results in untrusted pointer dereference. This vulnerability was named CVE-2025-32446. The attack needs to be approached locally. There is no available exploit. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Intel QuickAssist Technology Software up to 2.5.x. It has been classified as problematic. This affects an unknown code block. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a untrusted pointer dereference vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-822. The product obtains a value from an untrusted source, converts this value to a pointer, and dereferences the resulting pointer. This is going to have an impact on integrity. The summary by CVE is:

Untrusted pointer dereference for some Intel QuickAssist Technology software before version 2.6.0 within Ring 3: User Applications may allow an escalation of privilege. System software adversary with an authenticated user combined with a low complexity attack may enable data manipulation. This result may potentially occur via local 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 (high) and availability (none) of the vulnerable system, resulting in subsequent system confidentiality (none), integrity (none) and availability (none) impacts.

It is possible to read the advisory at intel.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2025-32446 since 04/15/2025. The exploitability is told to be easy. Attacking locally is a requirement. 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 12/15/2025).

Upgrading to version 2.6.0 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at CERT Bund (WID-SEC-2025-2844). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

Affected

HPE ProLiant
HPE Synergy

Productinfo

Vendor

Intel

Name

QuickAssist Technology Software

Version

License

commercial

Website

Vendor: https://www.intel.com/

CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

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VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.1

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VulDB Temp Score: 3.2
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Untrusted pointer dereference
CWE: CWE-822
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Status: Not defined

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: QuickAssist Technology Software 2.6.0

Timelineinfo

04/15/2025 CVE reserved
11/11/2025 +210 days Advisory disclosed
11/11/2025 +0 days VulDB entry created
12/15/2025 +34 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: intel.com

Advisory: intel-sa-01373
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2025-32446 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2025-32446
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-332043
CERT Bund: WID-SEC-2025-2844 - HPE ProLiant: Mehrere Schwachstellen

Entryinfo

Created: 11/11/2025 20:07
Updated: 12/15/2025 14:30
Changes: 11/11/2025 20:07 (75), 11/27/2025 08:01 (11), 12/15/2025 14:30 (7)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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