Description
Use after free for some Intel(R) Wireless Software for Windows within Ring 3: User Applications may allow denial of service. Unprivileged software adversary with an authenticated user combined with a high complexity attack may enable denial of service. This result may potentially occur via local access when attack requirements are present without special internal knowledge and requires no user interaction. The potential vulnerability may impact the confidentiality (none), integrity (low) and availability (high) of the vulnerable system, resulting in subsequent system confidentiality (none), integrity (low) and availability (low) impacts.
Published: 2026-11-10
Score: 5.8 Medium
EPSS: n/a
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Tue, 10 Nov 2026 18:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description Use after free for some Intel(R) Wireless Software for Windows within Ring 3: User Applications may allow denial of service. Unprivileged software adversary with an authenticated user combined with a high complexity attack may enable denial of service. This result may potentially occur via local access when attack requirements are present without special internal knowledge and requires no user interaction. The potential vulnerability may impact the confidentiality (none), integrity (low) and availability (high) of the vulnerable system, resulting in subsequent system confidentiality (none), integrity (low) and availability (low) impacts.
Weaknesses CWE-416
References
Metrics cvssV4_0

{'score': 5.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:H/SC:N/SI:L/SA:L'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: intel

Published:

Updated: 2026-11-10T17:45:08.304Z

Reserved: 2026-04-15T03:00:23.241Z

Link: CVE-2026-40697

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-11-10T18:17:38.787

Modified: 2026-11-10T18:17:38.787

Link: CVE-2026-40697

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