CVE-2022-21212 Denial of service in Intel(R) PROSet/Wireless WiFi products

Medium 6.5 Published 18 Aug 2022 Updated 5 May 2025

An unauthenticated attacker with adjacent access can cause a denial of service in Intel PROSet/Wireless WiFi products due to improper input validation.

Exploited in the wild: Not known
Login needed: Not needed
Attackable: Local or same network only
Victim action needed: Not needed
Fix: None listed

What is CVE-2022-21212?

CVE-2022-21212 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Intel(R) PROSet/Wireless WiFi products, published on 18 Aug 2022. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Improper input validation for some Intel(R) PROSet/Wireless WiFi products may allow an unauthenticated user to potentially enable denial of service via adjacent access.

Weakness: CWE-20

Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-21212?

It affects 9 products.

Products include Intel Proset Wi-Fi 6e Ax210 Firmware, Intel Wi-Fi 6 Ax200 Firmware, Intel Wi-Fi 6 Ax201 Firmware, Intel Wi-Fi 6e Ax211 Firmware, Intel Wi-Fi 6e Ax411 Firmware, Intel Wireless-Ac 9260 Firmware and 3 more.

How do I fix CVE-2022-21212?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-21212 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.

Is CVE-2022-21212 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-21212 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-35hv-8q69-x5j8.