Known exploited · Intel

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

What it is

Intel ethernet diagnostics driver for Windows IQVW32.sys and IQVW64.sys contain an unspecified vulnerability that allows for a denial-of-service (DoS).

Added February 10, 2023Due March 3, 2023CISA KEV catalog 2026.10.01

Vendor
Intel
Product
Ethernet Diagnostics Driver for Windows
Added to KEV
February 10, 2023
CISA due date
March 3, 2023
Ransomware use
Known

What CISA requires

Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Forensic triage

No

What to do now

  1. Find every instance of Ethernet Diagnostics Driver for Windows you run, including the forgotten ones, and check its version against the vendor advisory.
  2. Apply the vendor's fix or mitigation, before March 3, 2023 if you are bound by CISA's deadline, sooner if it faces the internet.
  3. Assume it was tried against you already: look for signs of exploitation from the date it was added, not from the day you patched.

References

CVE-2015-2291 in the National Vulnerability Database

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Source: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog (public domain), catalog version 2026.10.01.