{"answers":{"affected":"It affects 22 products.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-0179 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"No fix has been published for CVE-2021-0179 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.","what":"CVE-2021-0179 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Intel(R) PROSet/Wireless Wi-Fi and Killer(TM) Wi-Fi in Windows 10 and 11, published on 9 Feb 2022. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2021-0179 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2021-0179 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Intel(R) PROSet/Wireless Wi-Fi and Killer(TM) Wi-Fi in Windows 10 and 11, published on 9 Feb 2022. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.\nExploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-0179 in the wild and no public exploit code.\n\nAffected product: Intel(R) PROSet/Wireless Wi-Fi and Killer(TM) Wi-Fi in Windows 10 and 11. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.\n\nTask:\n1. 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.\n2. 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.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-0179/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-0179/index.md)","id":"CVE-2021-0179","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-0179/index.md","name":"CVE-2021-0179","record":{"aliases":["GHSA-7pgj-vj64-m28r"],"analysis":{"component_type":"hardware_firmware","fix_type":"patch","impacts":["denial_of_service"],"network_reachable":"adjacent_or_local","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"Intel Wi-Fi driver","requires_auth":"none","summary":"An unauthenticated attacker with adjacent access can cause a denial of service in Intel and Killer Wi-Fi drivers on Windows due to improper 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Input Validation"}],"description":"Improper Use of Validation Framework in software for Intel(R) PROSet/Wireless Wi-Fi and Killer(TM) Wi-Fi in Windows 10 and 11 may allow an unauthenticated user to potentially enable denial of service via adjacent access.","ecosystems":[],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":null,"github_poc":0,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":0,"refs":[],"tier":"none_known"},"has_fix":null,"headline":"Denial of service in Intel(R) PROSet/Wireless Wi-Fi and Killer(TM) Wi-Fi in Windows 10 and 11","id":"CVE-2021-0179","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":null,"products":[],"type":"denial_of_service","year":"2021"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":1,"next":{"headline":"Denial of service in Intel(R) HAXM software","id":"CVE-2021-0180"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"Denial of service in Intel(R) PROSet/Wireless Wi-Fi and Killer(TM) Wi-Fi in Windows 10 and 11","id":"CVE-2021-0178"},"products":["Intel(R) PROSet/Wireless 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PROSet/Wireless Wi-Fi in multiple operating systems and Killer(TM) Wi-Fi in Windows 10 and 11","id":"CVE-2021-0161","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2022-02-09"},{"cvss_score":6.7,"headline":"Information disclosure in Intel(R) PROSet/Wireless Wi-Fi in multiple operating systems and some Killer(TM) Wi-Fi in Windows 10 and 11","id":"CVE-2021-0166","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2022-02-09"},{"cvss_score":6.7,"headline":"Privilege escalation in Intel(R) PROSet/Wireless Wi-Fi and Killer(TM) Wi-Fi in Windows 10 and 11","id":"CVE-2021-0167","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2022-02-09"}],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"US public information, NVD API terms","name":"NVD"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CWE Terms of Use","name":"CWE (MITRE)"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":"no","exploitation":"none","technical_impact":"partial"},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2025-05-05","vendors":["n/a"]},"summary":"An unauthenticated attacker with adjacent access can cause a denial of service in Intel and Killer Wi-Fi drivers on Windows due to improper validation.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-0179/"}