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CVE-2015-2291

7.8 HIGH Known exploited Published 2017-08-09 Modified 2026-10-01 Official page ↗

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability

Intel Ethernet Diagnostics Driver for Windows Denial-of-Service Vulnerability — Intel Ethernet Diagnostics Driver for Windows

Intel ethernet diagnostics driver for Windows IQVW32.sys and IQVW64.sys contain an unspecified vulnerability that allows for a denial-of-service (DoS).

Added to KEV
2023-02-10
Remediation due
2023-03-03
Ransomware use
Known
Required action
Apply updates per vendor instructions.
Notes
https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/security-center/advisory/intel-sa-00051.html; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-2291
Status
Analyzed
Published
2017-08-09
Last modified
2026-10-01
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
7.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 3.1 (134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0)
7.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
7.2 HIGH — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weaknesses
CWE-20

Description

(1) IQVW32.sys before 1.3.1.0 and (2) IQVW64.sys before 1.3.1.0 in the Intel Ethernet diagnostics driver for Windows allows local users to cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges via a crafted (a) 0x80862013, (b) 0x8086200B, (c) 0x8086200F, or (d) 0x80862007 IOCTL call.

Affected configurations

• intel ethernet diagnostics driver iqvw32.sys 1.03.0.7 • intel ethernet diagnostics driver iqvw64.sys 1.03.0.7

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-20 Improper Input Validation weakness

References