Insufficient adherence to expected conventions 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.
The product’s architecture, source code, design, documentation, or other artifact does not follow required conventions.
| Name | Vendor | Start Version | End Version |
|---|---|---|---|
| Killer | Intel | * | 3.1423.712 (excluding) |
| Proset/wireless | Intel | * | 22.240 (excluding) |
| Linux-firmware | Ubuntu | bionic | * |
| Linux-firmware | Ubuntu | mantic | * |
| Linux-firmware | Ubuntu | trusty | * |
| Linux-firmware | Ubuntu | trusty/esm | * |
| Linux-firmware | Ubuntu | xenial | * |
This issue makes it more difficult to maintain the product, which indirectly affects security by making it more difficult or time-consuming to find and/or fix vulnerabilities. It also might make it easier to introduce vulnerabilities.