CVE-2024-23198 Denial of service in Intel(R) PROSet/Wireless Software and Intel(R) Killer(TM) Wi-Fi products

Medium 6.8 Published 13 Nov 2024 Updated 10 Jan 2025

An unauthenticated attacker with adjacent access can cause a denial of service in Intel Wi-Fi firmware due to improper input validation.

Exploited in the wild: Not known
Login needed: Not needed
Attackable: Local or same network only
Victim action needed: A user has to click or open something
Fix: Available

What is CVE-2024-23198?

CVE-2024-23198 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Intel Proset\/Wireless Wifi, published on 13 Nov 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

Improper input validation in firmware for some Intel(R) PROSet/Wireless Software and Intel(R) Killer(TM) Wi-Fi products before version 23.40 may allow an unauthenticated user to enable denial of service via adjacent access.

Weakness: CWE-20

Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-23198?

It affects 2 products.

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

How do I fix CVE-2024-23198?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

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-2024-23198 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-23198 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Intel Proset\/Wireless Wifi vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2024-23198, GHSA-r962-v37q-hrg6.