CVE-2019-16240
Published: 09 November 2021
Summary
CVE-2019-16240 is a critical-severity Classic Buffer Overflow (CWE-120) vulnerability in Hp Pagewide Pro 577Z K9Z76A Firmware. Its CVSS base score is 9.1 (Critical).
Operationally, ranked in the top 30.0% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2019-7047
Vulnerability details
A Buffer Overflow and Information Disclosure issue exists in HP OfficeJet Pro Printers before 001.1937C, and HP PageWide Managed Printers and HP PageWide Pro Printers before 001.1937D exists; A maliciously crafted print file might cause certain HP Inkjet printers to…
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assert. Under certain circumstances, the printer produces a core dump to a local device.
- CWE(s)
Related Threats
No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.
Affected Assets
Mitigating Controls
Likely Mitigating Controls AI
Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.
Platform-independent managed code eliminates the need for unchecked native buffer copies that are the root cause of classic buffer overflows.