What is CVE-2016-8104?

CVE-2016-8104 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Intel Proset/wireless Software And Drivers, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2016-12-08.

How severe is CVE-2016-8104?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

Buffer overflow in Intel Proset/wireless Software And Drivers

CVE-2016-8104

Buffer overflow in Intel PROSet/Wireless Software and Drivers in versions before 19.20.3 allows a local user to crash iframewrk.exe causing a potential denial of service.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

Published 2016-12-08 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.003 (20.7th percentile), scored 2026-10-02.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 21st percentile — 20.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.003 · newest: 0.003 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Intel Proset/wireless Software And Drivers — versions Before version 19.20.3
Intel Proset\/wireless Software And Drivers

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

References

security-center.intel.com/advisory.aspx (Patch, Vendor Advisory)
www.securityfocus.com/bid/95017 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-8104?: CVE-2016-8104 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Intel Proset/wireless Software And Drivers, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2016-12-08.
How severe is CVE-2016-8104?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.