CVE-2025-20039

Service interruption via undisclosed race condition

Published May 13, 2025 · Updated May 14, 2025

Race condition in Intel PROSet/Wireless WiFi Software before 23.100 allows physically proximate attackers to interrupt service. Intel has not disclosed the affected component, the improperly synchronized operation, or the wireless input that triggers the race. Exploitation requires user interaction and a Wi-Fi 7 BE200, BE201, or BE202 adapter; the reported impact is limited to service interruption.

CVSS severity6.9
Medium
EPSS probability0.16%
Next 30 days · Sep 16, 2026
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
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Summary

What happened

Race condition in Intel PROSet/Wireless WiFi Software before 23.100 allows physically proximate attackers to interrupt service. Intel has not disclosed the affected component, the improperly synchronized operation, or the wireless input that triggers the race. Exploitation requires user interaction and a Wi-Fi 7 BE200, BE201, or BE202 adapter; the reported impact is limited to service interruption.

The record

CVE
CVE-2025-20039
Published
May 13, 2025
Updated
May 14, 2025
Vendor
Topcon Positioning Systems, Inc.
Product
Intel PROSet/Wireless WiFi Software
Classifications
CWE-362
Attack vector
adjacent
Privileges
unauthenticated

Timeline

How it unfolded

  1. May 13, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
  2. May 14, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.

Exploitability

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  1. Affected versionversion=before version 23.100

What conditions does exploitation require?

Attack vectoradjacent
Required privilegesunauthenticated

What is affected?

Topcon Positioning Systems, Inc. · Intel PROSet/Wireless WiFi Softwareversion=before version 23.100

Published CVSS scores

6.9Intel CorporationCVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:H
6.6Intel CorporationCVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H

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Sep 10, 2026Sep 16, 2026
Latest reporting daySep 16, 2026
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Prior 30-day averageUnavailable
SourceShadowserver honeypots (KEV)
Vectoradjacent
Privilegesunauthenticated
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
Public exploitUnconfirmed

Weakness, pattern, technique

CWE-362Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')

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