CVE-2026-20878
HIGH
7,1
Source: [email protected]
Attack Vector: adjacent
Attack Complexity: low
Privileges Required: none
User Interaction: none
Confidentiality: N/A
Integrity: N/A
Availability: N/A
Description
AI Translation Available
Null pointer dereference for some Intel(R) PROSet/Wireless WiFi Software for Windows within Ring 2: Device Drivers may allow a denial of service. Network adversary with an unauthenticated user combined with a low complexity attack may enable denial of service. This result may potentially occur via adjacent access when attack requirements are not present without special internal knowledge and requires no user interaction. The potential vulnerability may impact the confidentiality (none), integrity (none) and availability (high) of the vulnerable system, resulting in subsequent system confidentiality (none), integrity (none) and availability (low) impacts.
476
NULL Pointer Dereference
StableCommon Consequences
Security Scopes Affected:
Availability
Integrity
Confidentiality
Potential Impacts:
Dos: Crash, Exit, Or Restart
Execute Unauthorized Code Or Commands
Read Memory
Modify Memory
Applicable Platforms
Languages:
C, C++, Java, C#, Go
https://intel.com/content/www/us/en/security-center/advisory/intel-sa-01422.html