What is CVE-2021-0173?

CVE-2021-0173 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Intel Amt Ac 8260, classified under Improper Input Validation. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2022-02-09.

How severe is CVE-2021-0173?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Improper input validation in Intel Amt Ac 8260

CVE-2021-0173

Improper Validation of Consistency within input in firmware for some Intel(R) PROSet/Wireless Wi-Fi in multiple operating systems and some Killer(TM) Wi-Fi in Windows 10 and 11 may allow a unauthenticated user to potentially enable denial of service via adjacent access.

Vulnerability class: Drupalgeddon 2 (CVE-2018-7600)

Published 2022-02-09 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.005 (41.5th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 42nd percentile — 41.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.005 · newest: 0.005 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-20 — Improper Input Validation

References

www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/security-center/advisory/intel-sa-00539.html (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-0173?: CVE-2021-0173 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Intel Amt Ac 8260, classified under Improper Input Validation. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2022-02-09.
How severe is CVE-2021-0173?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.