CVE-2015-2291: Intel Ethernet Diagnostics Driver for Windows Denial-of-Service Vulnerability

High severity, CVSS 7.8. Actively exploited: in CISA KEV since 2023-02-10. EPSS: 9% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

(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 products

• Intel Ethernet Diagnostics Driver IQVW32.SYS: version 1.03.0.7 only
• Intel Ethernet Diagnostics Driver IQVW64.SYS: version 1.03.0.7 only

Published 2017-08-09. Last modified 2026-10-01.