What is CVE-2021-23179?

CVE-2021-23179 is a high-severity vulnerability in Intel Dual Band Wireless-Ac 3165, classified under Out-of-bounds Read. CVSS score: 7.1/10. Published 2022-08-18.

How severe is CVE-2021-23179?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.1 out of 10.

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

CVE-2021-23179

Out of bounds read in firmware for some Intel(R) Wireless Bluetooth(R) and Killer(TM) Bluetooth(R) products before version 22.120 may allow a privileged user to potentially enable information disclosure via local access.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

Published 2022-08-18 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.1 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.002 (10.4th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 10th percentile — 10.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.002 · newest: 0.002 · 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-00628.html (Patch, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-23179?: CVE-2021-23179 is a high-severity vulnerability in Intel Dual Band Wireless-Ac 3165, classified under Out-of-bounds Read. CVSS score: 7.1/10. Published 2022-08-18.
How severe is CVE-2021-23179?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.1 out of 10.