CVE-2008-7112 Denial of service in n/a

Medium 5.0 Published 28 Aug 2009 Updated 7 Aug 2024

Remote attackers can cause a denial of service in the Kyocera Mita Scanner File Utility by sending malformed documents or requests with invalid field lengths.

Exploited in the wild: Not known
Login needed: Not needed
Attackable: Over the internet
Victim action needed: Not needed
Fix: None listed

What is CVE-2008-7112?

CVE-2008-7112 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 28 Aug 2009. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The Scanner File Utility (aka listener) in Kyocera Mita (KM) 3.3.0.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (hang or crash) via invalid field length values in a malformed (1) document or (2) request.

Weakness: CWE-20

Which versions are affected by CVE-2008-7112?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Kyoceramita Scanner File Utility.

How do I fix CVE-2008-7112?

No fix has been published for CVE-2008-7112 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.

Is CVE-2008-7112 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2008-7112 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-4r36-c55m-fp5v.