What is CVE-2018-12159?

CVE-2018-12159 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Intel Proset\/wireless, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2019-02-18.

How severe is CVE-2018-12159?

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

Buffer overflow in Intel Proset\/wireless

CVE-2018-12159

Buffer overflow in the command-line interface for Intel(R) PROSet Wireless v20.50 and before may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable denial of service via local access.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

Published 2019-02-18 · 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 (18.7th percentile), scored 2026-10-02.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 19th percentile — 18.7% 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

Weakness classification (CWE)

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

References

www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/security-center/advisory/INTEL-SA-00169.html (Patch, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-12159?: CVE-2018-12159 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Intel Proset\/wireless, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2019-02-18.
How severe is CVE-2018-12159?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.