CVE-2023-50738 (GCVE-0-2023-50738)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2025-01-17 21:10
Modified
2025-01-17 22:02
Severity ?
4.3 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
CWE
  • CWE-354 - Improper Validation of Integrity Check Value
  • CWE-1328 - Security Version Number Mutable to Older Versions
Summary
A new feature to prevent Firmware downgrades was recently added to some Lexmark products. A method to override this downgrade protection has been identified.
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Lexmark Printer Firmware Version: 0   <
Version: 230.075   <
Version: 230.100   <
Version: 230.200   <
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