# CVE-2024-28049: Denial of service in Intel(R) PROSet/Wireless Software and Intel(R) Killer(TM) Wi-Fi wireless products

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

- **Severity:** Medium 6.8 (`CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N`)
- **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:** Yes
- **Published:** 13 Nov 2024
- **Updated:** 13 Nov 2024
- **Also known as:** DEBIAN-CVE-2024-28049, GHSA-wpcc-2qm5-qrcg

## What is CVE-2024-28049?

CVE-2024-28049 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 wireless products before version 23.40 may allow an unauthenticated user to enable denial of service via adjacent access.

Weakness: CWE-20 (Improper Input Validation)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-28049?

It affects 2 products.


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

## How do I fix CVE-2024-28049?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

## Is CVE-2024-28049 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-28049 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-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)
- [CVE-2023-25951](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-25951/): Privilege escalation in Intel(R) PROSet/Wireless and Intel(R) Killer(TM) Wi-Fi software (medium 6.0)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-28049 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-28049 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.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-28049 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-2024-28049/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-28049/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-28049
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-28049
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-28049

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