Skip to content
Fencer Vulns
low 3.8

CVE-2022-38076 json

Improper input validation in some Intel(R) PROSet/Wireless WiFi and Killer(TM) WiFi software may allow an authenticated user to potentially…

published 2023-08-11 3 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2022-40679

cvss
3.8
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.3%
EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 18%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Improper input validation in some Intel(R) PROSet/Wireless WiFi and Killer(TM) WiFi software may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access.

Patch / fix

  • intel killer 34.22.1163
  • intel proset/wireless_wifi 22.200
  • intel uefi_firmware 3.2.20.23023
  • firmware-nonfree Debian 14, Debian 13 20240610-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2022-38076

  • linux-firmware RHEL 8 20230824-120.git0e048b06.el8_9
  • iwl100-firmware RHEL 8 39.31.5.1-120.el8_9.1
  • iwl105-firmware RHEL 8 18.168.6.1-120.el8_9.1
  • iwl135-firmware RHEL 8 18.168.6.1-120.el8_9.1
  • iwl1000-firmware RHEL 8 1:39.31.5.1-120.el8_9.1
  • iwl2000-firmware RHEL 8 18.168.6.1-120.el8_9.1
  • iwl2030-firmware RHEL 8 18.168.6.1-120.el8_9.1
  • iwl3160-firmware RHEL 8 1:25.30.13.0-120.el8_9.1

red hat advisories RHBA-2024:0115RHSA-2024:3939RHSA-2023:6595

  • linux-firmware AlmaLinux 9 20230814-140.el9_3
  • iwl100-firmware AlmaLinux 9 39.31.5.1-140.el9_3
  • iwl105-firmware AlmaLinux 9 18.168.6.1-140.el9_3
  • iwl135-firmware AlmaLinux 9 18.168.6.1-140.el9_3
  • iwl1000-firmware AlmaLinux 9 1:39.31.5.1-140.el9_3
  • iwl2000-firmware AlmaLinux 9 18.168.6.1-140.el9_3
  • iwl2030-firmware AlmaLinux 9 18.168.6.1-140.el9_3
  • iwl3160-firmware AlmaLinux 9 1:25.30.13.0-140.el9_3

almalinux advisories ALSA-2023:6595

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2022-38076 updated cvss 3.8

hw: intel: Improper input validation in some Intel(R) PROSet/Wireless WiFi

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8) iwl100-firmware 39.31.5.1-120.el8_9.1, iwl5150-firmware 8.24.2.2-120.el8_9.1, iwl1000-firmware 39.31.5.1-120.el8_9.1, iwl105-firmware 18.168.6.1-120.el8_9.1, iwl135-firmware 18.168.6.1-120.el8_9.1, iwl3945-firmware 15.32.2.9-120.el8_9.1, +15 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHBA-2024:0115
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 9) linux-firmware 20230814-140.el9_3, iwl100-firmware 39.31.5.1-140.el9_3, iwl5150-firmware 8.24.2.2-140.el9_3, iwl1000-firmware 39.31.5.1-140.el9_3, iwl105-firmware 18.168.6.1-140.el9_3, iwl135-firmware 18.168.6.1-140.el9_3, +11 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2023:6595
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7) iwl100-firmware 39.31.5.1-83.el7_9, iwl5150-firmware 8.24.2.2-83.el7_9, iwl1000-firmware 39.31.5.1-83.el7_9, iwl105-firmware 18.168.6.1-83.el7_9, iwl135-firmware 18.168.6.1-83.el7_9, iwl3945-firmware 15.32.2.9-83.el7_9, +11 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) iwl100-firmware 39.31.5.1-83.el7_9, iwl5150-firmware 8.24.2.2-83.el7_9, iwl1000-firmware 39.31.5.1-83.el7_9, iwl105-firmware 18.168.6.1-83.el7_9, iwl135-firmware 18.168.6.1-83.el7_9, iwl3945-firmware 15.32.2.9-83.el7_9, +11 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) iwl100-firmware 39.31.5.1-83.el7_9, iwl5150-firmware 8.24.2.2-83.el7_9, iwl1000-firmware 39.31.5.1-83.el7_9, iwl105-firmware 18.168.6.1-83.el7_9, iwl135-firmware 18.168.6.1-83.el7_9, iwl3945-firmware 15.32.2.9-83.el7_9, +11 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2024:3939

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
2 y ago

Exploit prediction

0.26% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 18% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 3.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N
NVD 3.1 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

  • n/a Intel(R) PROSet/Wireless WiFi and Killer(TM) WiFi software

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-20 Improper Input Validation

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.