CVE-2023-32651 Denial of service in Intel(R) PROSet/Wireless and Intel(R) Killer(TM) Wi-Fi software

Medium 4.3 Published 14 Feb 2024 Updated 14 Aug 2024

An unauthenticated attacker with adjacent access can cause a denial of service in Intel Wi-Fi software 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-2023-32651?

CVE-2023-32651 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Intel(R) PROSet/Wireless and Intel(R) Killer(TM) Wi-Fi software, published on 14 Feb 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Improper validation of specified type of input for some Intel(R) PROSet/Wireless and Intel(R) Killer(TM) Wi-Fi software before version 22.240 may allow an unauthenticated user to potentially enable denial of service via adjacent access.

Weakness: CWE-1287

Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-32651?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Intel Killer, Intel Proset\/Wireless.

How do I fix CVE-2023-32651?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-32651 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-2023-32651 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-32651 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-6rpv-3c7j-v6g2, UBUNTU-CVE-2023-32651.