CVE-2022-40964

At a glance

Severity: HIGH 7.9
EPSS: EPSS 0.24 % · percentile 14 (2026-10-27)
State: PUBLISHED
Published: 2023-08-11
Updated: 2025-02-13
Assigner: intel
NVD status: Modified

Description

Improper access control for some Intel(R) PROSet/Wireless WiFi and Killer(TM) WiFi software may allow a privileged user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access.

Scores

Version	Score	Vector	Scored by
CVSS 3.1	HIGH 7.9	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:H	intel
CVSS 3.1	HIGH 7.9	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:H	NVD · secure@intel.com (Secondary)
CVSS 3.1	MEDIUM 6.7	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H	NVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary)

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-284

European references

ENISA EUVD · EUVD-2022-44210
GCVE · GCVE-0-2022-40964

CERT-FR advisories

CERTFR-2026-AVI-0326 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits VMware · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
CERTFR-2026-AVI-0316 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits VMware · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
CERTFR-2023-AVI-0640 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits Intel · cert.ssi.gouv.fr

Affected configurations (NVD CPE)

cpe:2.3:a:intel:killer:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* < 34.22.1163
cpe:2.3:a:intel:proset\/wireless_wifi:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* < 22.200
cpe:2.3:a:intel:uefi_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* < 3.2.20.23023
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:37:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:38:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:39:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Affected products

Product	Versions
Intel(R) PROSet/Wireless WiFi and Killer(TM) WiFi software	affected See references

References

Sources

Source	Licence
CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5)	CVE Program Terms of Use
EPSS (FIRST.org)	FIRST — attribution requested
ENISA EUVD	ENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged
CERT-FR (ANSSI)	Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0
NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds	Public domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD