CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2023-50738

MEDIUM
4.3
CVSS v3
NVD

Description

A new feature to prevent Firmware downgrades was recently added to some Lexmark products. A method to override this downgrade protection has been identified.

CWE-354CWE-1328

How to fix

No published remediation has been found for this vulnerability's affected products yet.

Mitigation guidance may be in the linked vendor advisories in the References section below.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorAdjacent
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredHigh
User InteractionNone
ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityLow
IntegrityLow
AvailabilityLow

CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

Exploit Intelligence

0.27%probability of exploitation in 30 days
18thpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 18% of all known CVEs.

References

Other references1
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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2025-01-17.