Intel Wireless Bluetooth: Use after free in kernel driver allows denial of service
Summary
Some Intel Wireless Bluetooth drivers and software packages for Windows contain a use-after-free flaw (CWE-416) in a Ring 0 kernel component. A local attacker with an authenticated low-privileged account can trigger a system crash and thus a denial of service. No confidentiality or integrity impact is expected according to the CVSS vector, and no user interaction is required.
Affected
- Intel Wireless Bluetooth drivers and software for Windows (affected versions: Unknown, Intel advisory INTEL-SA-01530 could not be verified)
Fixed in
- Unknown for this CVE. Intel recommends the newest Intel Wireless Bluetooth package (24.80.0 is listed on Intel's download page). Verify the fixed versions in INTEL-SA-01530.
Workaround
- No vendor-specific workaround found.
- Where Bluetooth is not required, disable the Bluetooth adapter via policy.
- Secondary sources suggest restricting local user privileges (not vendor guidance).
Exploitation
- Not known to be exploited according to secondary aggregators. No public proof of concept indexed. Nothing found in CISA KEV at the time of research.
Our recommendation
- Open Intel advisory INTEL-SA-01530 and confirm the affected and fixed versions.
- Deploy the newest Intel Wireless Bluetooth package via vendor or patch tool, together with the related batch CVEs (for example CVE-2026-44382 and CVE-2026-42956).
- Verify driver versions across the fleet, with priority on shared endpoints, kiosks and terminal servers.
- Re-check NVD and CISA KEV, since NVD analysis is pending.
Public exploits
PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit and Exploit-DB list nothing for this CVE.
Research sources
- Intel Security Advisory INTEL-SA-01530 intel.com
- Intel Wireless Bluetooth driver download (IT administrator support article) www.intel.com
- Intel Wireless Bluetooth drivers for Windows 10 and 11 www.intel.com
- Strix AI CVE summary CVE-2026-44625 www.strix.ai
- OffSeq Radar CVE-2026-44625 radar.offseq.com
Researched and written up in English and German by an AI (Claude by Anthropic) based on NVD, CISA, EPSS and the sources listed. The vendor information is authoritative. Researched on 11 Nov 2026, 10:46.
Original description (NVD)
Use after free for some Intel(R) Wireless Bluetooth(R) within Ring 0: Kernel 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.
Sources
The tracker combines official, freely usable data sources – updated continuously:
- NVD (NIST) – CVEs, rating (CVSS), affected products
- CISA KEV – vulnerabilities confirmed by CISA as actively exploited
- CISA Vulnrichment – CISA assessment (SSVC) in the official CVE record
- FIRST EPSS – probability of exploitation
- Microsoft MSRC – Patch Tuesday: vulnerabilities, severity, updates
- PoC-in-GitHub – public proof-of-concept repositories
- Metasploit (Rapid7) – modules of the Metasploit Framework
- Exploit-DB (OffSec) – archive of public exploits (links only)
- Patch days: official vendor pages (linked per vendor) (Vendor patch days)
This product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS data © FIRST.org.
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