# CVE-2022-2794: Denial of service in Certain HP PageWide Pro printers

> Attackers can cause a denial of service on HP PageWide Pro printers, requiring users to apply vendor patches.

- **Severity:** High 7.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 18 Nov 2022
- **Updated:** 29 Apr 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-m3j7-gp78-ggjf

## What is CVE-2022-2794?

CVE-2022-2794 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Certain HP PageWide Pro printers, published on 18 Nov 2022. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Certain HP PageWide Pro Printers may be vulnerable to a potential denial of service attack.

Weakness: CWE-400 (Uncontrolled Resource Consumption)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-2794?

It affects 13 products.


Products: Hp Pagewide 352dw J6u57a Firmware, Hp Pagewide 377dw J9v80a Firmware, Hp Pagewide Managed P55250dw J6u51b Firmware, Hp Pagewide Managed P55250dw J6u55a Firmware, Hp Pagewide Managed P55250dw J6u55b Firmware, Hp Pagewide Managed P57750dw J9v82a Firmware, Hp Pagewide Pro 452dn D3q15a Firmware, Hp Pagewide Pro 452dw D3q16a Firmware, Hp Pagewide Pro 477dn D3q19a Firmware, Hp Pagewide Pro 477dw D3q20a Firmware, Hp Pagewide Pro 552dw D3q17a Firmware, Hp Pagewide Pro 577dw D3q21a Firmware, Hp Pagewide Pro 577z K9z76a Firmware.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-2794?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-2794 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2022-2794 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-2794 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-2794 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-2794 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Certain HP PageWide Pro printers, published on 18 Nov 2022. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-2794 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Certain HP PageWide Pro printers. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-2794/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-2794/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-2794
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-2794
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-2794

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-2794/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.