What is CVE-2021-23168?

CVE-2021-23168 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Intel Dual Band Wireless-Ac 3165, classified under Out-of-bounds Read. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2022-08-18.

How severe is CVE-2021-23168?

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

Out-of-bounds Read in Intel Dual Band Wireless-Ac 3165

CVE-2021-23168

Out of bounds read for some Intel(R) PROSet/Wireless WiFi and Killer(TM) WiFi products may allow an unauthenticated user to potentially enable denial of service via adjacent access.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

Published 2022-08-18 · 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: 0.004 (28.0th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 28th percentile — 28.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-125 — Out-of-bounds Read

References

www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/security-center/advisory/intel-sa-00621.html (Patch, Vendor Advisory)
lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/04/msg00002.html (mailing-list)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-23168?: CVE-2021-23168 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Intel Dual Band Wireless-Ac 3165, classified under Out-of-bounds Read. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2022-08-18.
How severe is CVE-2021-23168?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.