Null pointer dereference for some Intel(R) QAT software drivers for Windows before version 2.6.0 within Ring 3: User Applications may allow a denial of service. Unprivileged software adversary with an authenticated user combined with a low complexity attack may enable denial of service. This result may potentially occur via local access when attack requirements are not present without special internal knowledge and requires no user interaction. The potential vulnerability may impact the confidentiality (none), integrity (none) and availability (high) of the vulnerable system, resulting in subsequent system confidentiality (none), integrity (none) and availability (none) impacts.

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Title Null Pointer Dereference in Intel QAT Windows Drivers Leading to Denial of Service

Tue, 12 May 2026 16:45:00 +0000

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Description Null pointer dereference for some Intel(R) QAT software drivers for Windows before version 2.6.0 within Ring 3: User Applications may allow a denial of service. Unprivileged software adversary with an authenticated user combined with a low complexity attack may enable denial of service. This result may potentially occur via local access when attack requirements are not present without special internal knowledge and requires no user interaction. The potential vulnerability may impact the confidentiality (none), integrity (none) and availability (high) of the vulnerable system, resulting in subsequent system confidentiality (none), integrity (none) and availability (none) impacts.
Weaknesses CWE-476
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Metrics cvssV4_0

{'score': 6.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: intel

Published:

Updated: 2026-05-12T17:07:03.241Z

Reserved: 2025-12-04T04:00:32.755Z

Link: CVE-2026-20914

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-05-12T17:16:19.887

Modified: 2026-05-12T17:16:19.887

Link: CVE-2026-20914

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Updated: 2026-05-12T17:30:21Z

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