How severe is CVE-2015-2291?

CVE-2015-2291 has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 7.8 (HIGH). EPSS estimates a 9.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days. It is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog.

CVE-2015-2291: Intel Ethernet Diagnostics Driver for Windows

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities

Intel Ethernet Diagnostics Driver for Windows Denial-of-Service Vulnerability is confirmed as actively exploited and is listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Added to KEV

2023-02-10

Remediation due

2023-03-03

Ransomware

Known use

Required action
Apply updates per vendor instructions.

CISA 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

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.

Severity

CVSS 3.1 · CISA7.8 HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

SSVC · CISA-ADP

Exploitationactive

Automatableno

Technical impactpartial

Affected Products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions
-	-	n/a

References

4 Links

Exploits & PoCs

36392

Vulnerability databases

79623

Other references

Record Details

Published

2017-08-09

Last updated

2026-10-01

Assigner (CNA)

mitre

Credited to

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