CVE-2020-12322: Improper Input Validation in Intel Dual Band Wireless-ac 3165 Firmware

9

Low

Who exploits it and how urgent it is

A 0–100 score combining confirmed exploitation, ransomware and APT use, public exploits, EPSS and severity.

No exploitation signal in the sources consulted so far.

How the score was calculated

EPSS 0.5% (30-day exploitation probability)+6
Technical severity (medium)+3

The score orders the patch queue; it does not replace your asset context (internet exposure, criticality, compensating controls).

Triage

Is it exploited, how likely is exploitation, what does it touch, and how severe do the sources call it.

Exploitation

Not confirmed

Not in CISA KEV — an absence of record, not proof it is unexploited.

EPSS FIRST

0.46%

ahead of 38% of scored CVEs · Oct 14, 2026

Affects

Intel

Dual Band Wireless-ac 3165 Firmware and 10 more

CVSS base

6.5

Medium · 1 source(s)

CISA SSVC assessment CISA

Three decision points CISA publishes for the CVEs it assesses (SSVC 2.0.3). A stakeholder decision, not a severity score.

Exploitation

None

none · proof-of-concept · active

Automatable

No

can an attacker script the kill-chain steps

Technical impact

Partial

partial · total control of the vulnerable component

Remediation

Fixes and mitigations documented by the sources — linked to the original advisory.

Documented patch — www.intel.com (NIST National Vulnerability Database)

First 24 hours

Ordered from the record’s own fields — exposure first, because you cannot patch what you have not found. A rule-generated starting point.

Identify exposed assets running the affected vendor/product/version combinations (Intel Dual Band Wireless-ac 3165 Firmware, Intel Dual Band Wireless-ac 3168 Firmware, Intel Dual Band Wireless-ac 8260 Firmware…).
Apply the fixed version or the patch documented under Remediation.
Search available logs for exploit probes matching the vulnerability class (input validation), errors and authentication anomalies.

Affected scope

Vendor, product and versions as the sources word them.

Vendor	Product	Versions	Status	Source
Intel	Dual Band Wireless-ac 3165 Firmware	< 21.110	Vulnerable	NIST National Vulnerability Database
Intel	Dual Band Wireless-ac 3168 Firmware	< 21.110	Vulnerable	NIST National Vulnerability Database
Intel	Dual Band Wireless-ac 8260 Firmware	< 21.110	Vulnerable	NIST National Vulnerability Database
Intel	Dual Band Wireless-ac 8265 Firmware	< 21.110	Vulnerable	NIST National Vulnerability Database
Intel	Wi-fi 6 Ax200 Firmware	< 21.110	Vulnerable	NIST National Vulnerability Database
Intel	Wi-fi 6 Ax201 Firmware	< 21.110	Vulnerable	NIST National Vulnerability Database
Intel	Wireless 7265 (rev D) Firmware	< 21.110	Vulnerable	NIST National Vulnerability Database
Intel	Wireless-ac 9260 Firmware	< 21.110	Vulnerable	NIST National Vulnerability Database
Intel	Wireless-ac 9461 Firmware	< 21.110	Vulnerable	NIST National Vulnerability Database
Intel	Wireless-ac 9462 Firmware	< 21.110	Vulnerable	NIST National Vulnerability Database
Intel	Wireless-ac 9560 Firmware	< 21.110	Vulnerable	NIST National Vulnerability Database

Attack characteristics

The CVSS vector, decoded. It describes the attack, not your exposure to it.

Attack vector

Adjacent

Attack complexity

Low

Privileges required

None

User interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

High

Every base score collected

Sources score independently and may disagree; each row says who scored it and under which version.

Score	Version	Severity	Expl.	Impact	Scored by
6.5	CVSS 3.1	Medium	2.8	3.6	nvd@nist.gov via NIST National Vulnerability Database
3.3	CVSS 2.0	Low	6.5	2.9	nvd@nist.gov via NIST National Vulnerability Database

CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H (score shown at the top: nvd@nist.gov)

Weakness MITRE

Weakness class according to MITRE’s CWE catalog.

CWE-20 · Improper Input Validation

Other CVEs with this weakness →

EPSS over time FIRST

Oct 13, 2026 → Oct 14, 2026 · 2 reading(s) · max 0.46%

Detection

Read off the CVSS vector and the weakness class. Starting points, not tested rules.

Not enough vector or weakness data: use the affected application’s logs as a starting point.

application logs

Timeline

What happened to this CVE, newest first.

2026
SSVC assessment updated
Oct 13, 2026 · CVE Program (cve.org) e CISA ADP
Record published
Oct 13, 2026
Fix documented
Oct 13, 2026 · NIST National Vulnerability Database
CVSS changed · 6.5
Oct 13, 2026 · NIST National Vulnerability Database
Source status changed · → Modified
Oct 13, 2026 · NIST National Vulnerability Database
Record created in this database
Oct 13, 2026 · NIST National Vulnerability Database
2020
CVE published
Nov 12, 2020 · intel

Source activity

Repeated readings are counted rather than listed.

1× Official description updated · Oct 13, 2026 – Oct 13, 2026

References

1 on the record

www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/security-center/advisory/intel-sa-00403
Patch, Vendor Advisory, x_refsource_MISC, NIST National Vulnerability Database

Elsewhere on this site

Intel
every CVE for this vendor

Input validation
same class

CWE-20
other pages naming this weakness

Related CVEs (same products)

Medium CVE-2020-26140 Use of a Broken or Risky Cryptographic Algorithm in Alfa Awus036h Firmware May 11, 2021
Low CVE-2020-24588 The 802.11 standard that underpins Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA, WPA2, and WPA3) and Wired... May 11, 2021
High CVE-2020-12321 Improper buffer restriction in some Intel(R) Wireless Bluetooth(R) products before… Nov 12, 2020

Not in any source we poll

Listed rather than left blank: an empty field and an unmeasured one look identical on screen, and only one is a reason to look elsewhere.

No confirmed IOCs, IP addresses, domains, file hashes, or malware artifacts supplied.
No organization-specific asset inventory, compensating-control status, or patch deployment evidence supplied.
No exploit packet captures, log samples, or incident case IDs supplied.

Answered from this record

Text assembled only from the fields above — no additional claims.

What should defenders know first?

CVE-2020-12322 is "Improper Input Validation in Intel Dual Band Wireless-ac 3165 Firmware", rated Medium. It affects Dual Band Wireless-ac 3165 Firmware (Intel); versions are in the scope table. It is not in CISA KEV, which does not rule out exploitation. CVSS 6.5 describes technical severity. EPSS 0.46% estimates the probability of exploitation in 30 days; neither replaces your asset context. First verify whether exposed or business-critical assets run the affected versions, apply vendor fixes or mitigations, and preserve logs for review.

Comments

Moderated technical discussion. Read the community guidelines.

No comments yet.

Sign in or create an account to comment and suggest corrections.