# CVE-2020-24458: Information disclosure in Intel(R) PROSet/Wireless WiFi and Killer (TM) drivers

> A privileged user with adjacent access can exploit incomplete cleanup in Intel WiFi drivers to disclose information and cause denial of service.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.2 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:L`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** An administrator
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 17 Feb 2021
- **Updated:** 4 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-w9mf-mf4g-64qg

## What is CVE-2020-24458?

CVE-2020-24458 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Intel Proset\/Wireless Wifi, published on 17 Feb 2021. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Incomplete cleanup in some Intel(R) PROSet/Wireless WiFi and Killer (TM) drivers before version 22.0 may allow a privileged user to potentially enable information disclosure and denial of service<b>&nbsp;</b>via adjacent access.

Weakness: CWE-459 (Incomplete Cleanup)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-24458?

It affects 2 products.


Products: Intel Killer, Intel Proset\/Wireless Wifi.

## How do I fix CVE-2020-24458?

No fix has been published for CVE-2020-24458 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2020-24458 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-24458 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Intel Proset\/Wireless Wifi

- [CVE-2023-33875](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-33875/): Missing authorization in Intel(R) PROSet/Wireless and Intel(R) Killer(TM) Wi-Fi software (high 7.1)
- [CVE-2024-23198](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-23198/): Denial of service in Intel(R) PROSet/Wireless Software and Intel(R) Killer(TM) Wi-Fi products (medium 6.8)
- [CVE-2024-28049](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-28049/): Denial of service in Intel(R) PROSet/Wireless Software and Intel(R) Killer(TM) Wi-Fi wireless products (medium 6.8)
- [CVE-2023-28374](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-28374/): Denial of service in Intel(R) PROSet/Wireless and Intel(R) Killer(TM) Wi-Fi software (medium 6.1)
- [CVE-2023-28720](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-28720/): Denial of service in Intel(R) PROSet/Wireless and Intel(R) Killer(TM) Wi-Fi software (medium 6.1)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2020-24458 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2020-24458 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Intel Proset\/Wireless Wifi, published on 17 Feb 2021. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-24458 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Intel Proset\/Wireless Wifi. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-24458/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-24458/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-24458
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-24458
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-24458

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