# CVE-2024-2209: HP Printer Firmware Update Utility for Certain HP DeskJet Printers - Potential Execution of Arbitrary Code

> An attacker with administrative privileges can execute arbitrary code by placing a malicious DLL in the Windows downloads directory for the HP Firmware Update Utility.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.3 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** An administrator
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 26 Mar 2024
- **Updated:** 6 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-4qvc-25ff-jcmq

## What is CVE-2024-2209?

CVE-2024-2209 is a medium-severity code injection vulnerability in HP, Inc. HP Printer Firmware Update Utility, published on 26 Mar 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

A user with administrative privileges can create a compromised dll file of the same name as the original dll within the HP printer’s Firmware Update Utility (FUU) bundle and place it in the Microsoft Windows default downloads directory which can lead to potential arbitrary code execution.

Weakness: CWE-94 (Improper Control of Generation of Code)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-2209?

It affects 28 products.


Products: Hp 26k67a Firmware, Hp 26k67b Firmware, Hp 26k68a Firmware, Hp 26k68b Firmware, Hp 26k69a Firmware, Hp 26k70a Firmware, Hp 26k70b Firmware, Hp 26k71a Firmware, Hp 26k72a Firmware, Hp 26k72b Firmware, Hp 297w8a Firmware, Hp 297x0a Firmware, Hp 297x1a Firmware, Hp 2a9q5a Firmware, Hp 3xv17a Firmware, Hp 3xv19a Firmware, Hp 4ws04a Firmware, Hp 5ar83a Firmware, Hp 5ar84a Firmware, Hp 5ar85a Firmware and 8 more.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-2209?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-2209 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-2209 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-2209 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-2209 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-2209 is a medium-severity code injection vulnerability in HP, Inc. HP Printer Firmware Update Utility, published on 26 Mar 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-2209 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: HP, Inc. HP Printer Firmware Update Utility. 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-2024-2209/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-2209/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-2209
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-2209
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-2209

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-2209/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.