CVE-2021-23223

highpriority · track · 31EPSS 0.003 · 19 %ileEUUS

grimoire priorityP2 · Scheduled

Exploitable?

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no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

0.27% (19th) EPSS

CVSS 7.8 · high

Is it mine?

6 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

3 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

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

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

7.8

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v3.17.8highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 1.8 · impact 5.9

v3.17.8highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · ENISA EU

v3.17.8highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondaryexploitability 1.8 · impact 5.9

v3.17.1highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-665USprimary

affected products (6)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

n/a Intel(R) PROSet/Wireless WiFi and Killer(TM) WiFi products≤ See referencesenisa_euvdEU
intel killer wi-fi 6e ax1675 firmware< 3.1122.1105nvdUScpe:2.3:o:intel:killer_wi-fi_6e_ax1675_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
intel killer wi-fi 6e ax1690 firmware< 3.1122.1105nvdUScpe:2.3:o:intel:killer_wi-fi_6e_ax1690_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
intel proset wi-fi 6e ax210 firmware< 22.120nvdUScpe:2.3:o:intel:proset_wi-fi_6e_ax210_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
intel wi-fi 6e ax211 firmware< 22.120nvdUScpe:2.3:o:intel:wi-fi_6e_ax211_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
intel wi-fi 6e ax411 firmware< 22.120nvdUScpe:2.3:o:intel:wi-fi_6e_ax411_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

also known as (3)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2022-08-18modified 2026-06-17

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references (8)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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