Cyber Resilience

CVE-2023-27972

Critical

Published: 28 April 2023

Published
28 April 2023
Modified
30 January 2025
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score v3.1 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0103 77.8th percentile
Risk Priority 20 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2023-27972 is a critical-severity Classic Buffer Overflow (CWE-120) vulnerability in Hp Laserjet Pro M304-M305 W1A46A Firmware. Its CVSS base score is 9.8 (Critical).

Operationally, ranked in the top 22.2% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

Certain HP LaserJet Pro print products are potentially vulnerable to Buffer Overflow and/or Remote Code Execution.

CWE(s)
CWE-120

Related Threats

No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.

Affected Assets

hp
laserjet pro m304-m305 w1a46a firmware
≤ 002_2310a
hp
laserjet pro m304-m305 w1a47a firmware
≤ 002_2310a
hp
laserjet pro m304-m305 w1a48a firmware
≤ 002_2310a
hp
laserjet pro m304-m305 w1a66a firmware
≤ 002_2310a
hp
laserjet pro m404-m405 93m22a firmware
≤ 002_2310a
hp
laserjet pro m404-m405 w1a51a firmware
≤ 002_2310a
hp
laserjet pro m404-m405 w1a52a firmware
≤ 002_2310a
hp
laserjet pro m404-m405 w1a53a firmware
≤ 002_2310a
hp
laserjet pro m404-m405 w1a56a firmware
≤ 002_2310a
hp
laserjet pro m404-m405 w1a57a firmware
≤ 002_2310a
+28 more product configuration(s) — see NVD for full list

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.

SC-27 Platform-independent Applications
addresses: CWE-120

Platform-independent managed code eliminates the need for unchecked native buffer copies that are the root cause of classic buffer overflows.

References