Cyber Resilience

CVE-2023-0856

Memory Safety in Canon Mf642Cdw Firmware ≤ 11.04

Published
11 May 2023
Modified
21 November 2024
CVSS Score v3.1 9.8
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Raw vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.011 64th percentile
Risk Priority 75 floored blend · peak EPSS

Summary

CVE-2023-0856 is a critical-severity Stack-based Buffer Overflow (CWE-121) vulnerability in Canon Mf642Cdw Firmware. Its CVSS base score is 9.8 (Critical).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploitation for Privilege Escalation (T1068); ranked in the top 36% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability Data

Buffer overflow in IPP sides attribute process of Office / Small Office Multifunction Printers and Laser Printers(*) which may allow an attacker on the network segment to trigger the affected product being unresponsive or to execute arbitrary code. *:Satera LBP660C…

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Series/LBP620C Series/MF740C Series/MF640C Series firmware Ver.11.04 and earlier sold in Japan. Color imageCLASS LBP660C Series/LBP 620C Series/X LBP1127C/MF740C Series/MF640C Series/X MF1127C firmware Ver.11.04 and earlier sold in US. i-SENSYS LBP660C Series/LBP620C Series/MF740C Series/MF640C Series, C1127P, C1127iF, C1127i firmware Ver.11.04 and earlier sold in Europe.

CWE(s)

Related Threats

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise Techniques

T1068 Exploitation for Privilege Escalation Privilege Escalation
Adversaries may exploit software vulnerabilities in an attempt to elevate privileges.
T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application Initial Access
Adversaries may attempt to exploit a weakness in an Internet-facing host or system to initially access a network.
T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution Execution
Adversaries may exploit software vulnerabilities in client applications to execute code.
T1210 Exploitation of Remote Services Lateral Movement
Adversaries may exploit remote services to gain unauthorized access to internal systems once inside of a network.
T1211 Exploitation for Stealth Stealth
Adversaries may exploit vulnerabilities to evade detection by hiding activity, suppressing logging, or operating within trusted or unmonitored components.
T1212 Exploitation for Credential Access Credential Access
Adversaries may exploit software vulnerabilities in an attempt to collect credentials.
Derived from this CVE’s CWE(s) via the direct CWE→ATT&CK cross-walk.

CVEs Like This One

CVE-2023-0853Same product: Canon I-Sensys Lbp621Cw
CVE-2023-0855Same product: Canon I-Sensys Lbp621Cw
CVE-2023-0852Same product: Canon I-Sensys Lbp621Cw
CVE-2023-0851Same product: Canon I-Sensys Lbp621Cw
CVE-2023-0854Same product: Canon I-Sensys Lbp621Cw
CVE-2023-4756Shared CWE-121, CWE-787
CVE-2023-45225Shared CWE-121, CWE-787
CVE-2024-4494Shared CWE-121, CWE-787
CVE-2024-4236Shared CWE-121, CWE-787
CVE-2024-4118Shared CWE-121, CWE-787

Affected Assets

canon
mf642cdw firmware
≤ 11.04
canon
mf644cdw firmware
≤ 11.04
canon
mf741cdw firmware
≤ 11.04
canon
mf743cdw firmware
≤ 11.04
canon
mf745cdw firmware
≤ 11.04
canon
lbp621c firmware
≤ 11.04
canon
lbp622c firmware
≤ 11.04
canon
lbp661c firmware
≤ 11.04
canon
lbp662c firmware
≤ 11.04
canon
lbp664c firmware
≤ 11.04
+35 more product configuration(s) — see NVD for full list

Mitigating Controls

Control response

Prevent
Stop it (NIST 800-53)

Detect
Catch it (NIST detect / respond)

Harden
Shrink the surface (DISA STIG)
  • 2 hardening rules · 2 OS baselines
Validate
Prove the fix (OWASP ASVS)

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.

addresses: CWE-787

Out-of-bounds writes that corrupt control flow or inject shellcode are rendered non-executable by the same memory protections.

Mitigating Controls (NIST CSF 2.0) AI

Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→CSF cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.

PR.PS-06 mostly match
prevents

Secure-development practices directly prevent introduction of stack buffer overflows.

ID.RA-01 partial match
prevents

Vulnerability scanning can discover stack buffer overflows but does not prevent their introduction.

PR.PS-02 partial match
prevents

Patching eliminates known instances of the weakness after discovery.

Mitigating Controls (ISO/IEC 27001:2022 Annex A) AI

Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→ISO cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.

finds

Security testing (fuzzing, static analysis) detects stack overflows before release.

prevents

Secure SDLC mandates buffer-safety practices that directly prevent stack overflows.

prevents

Application security requirements can specify buffer-size and input-validation rules.

prevents

Secure architecture principles include memory-safety and least-privilege stack usage.

prevents

Secure coding standards explicitly forbid unsafe buffer handling that causes CWE-121.

prevents

Change management can enforce review gates that catch unsafe memory operations before deployment.

Hardening callouts derived

Configuration rules from DISA STIG baselines that bear on weaknesses of the type cited by this CVE. Each rule is shown with the relationship its mapping actually records, against the CWE it was authored against. Derived via CVE→CWE over `controls_xwalks` (authoritative rows only; rows rated `none` are excluded).

Oracle Linux 8 (1 rule)
  • V-248594 OL 8 must implement address space layout randomization (ASLR) to protect its memory from unauthorized code execution. prevents CWE-121
Oracle Linux 9 (1 rule)
  • V-271452 OL 9 must use a Linux Security Module configured to enforce limits on system services. prevents CWE-121

References