What is CVE-2021-23223?

CVE-2021-23223 is a high-severity vulnerability in Intel Killer Wi-Fi 6e Ax1675, classified under Improper Initialization. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2022-08-18.

How severe is CVE-2021-23223?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Intel Killer Wi-Fi 6e Ax1675

CVE-2021-23223

Improper initialization for some Intel(R) PROSet/Wireless WiFi and Killer(TM) WiFi products may allow a privileged user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access.

Vulnerability class: Dirty Pipe (CVE-2022-0847)

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

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.003 (17.4th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 17th percentile — 17.4% 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

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-665 — Improper Initialization

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-2021-23223?: CVE-2021-23223 is a high-severity vulnerability in Intel Killer Wi-Fi 6e Ax1675, classified under Improper Initialization. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2022-08-18.
How severe is CVE-2021-23223?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.