CVE-2024-27912 Denial of service in Printers
Attackers can crash Lenovo printers by sending crafted LPD packets, causing a denial of service.
- 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-2024-27912?
CVE-2024-27912 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Lenovo Printers, published on 5 Apr 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
A denial of service vulnerability was reported in some Lenovo Printers that could allow an attacker to cause the device to crash by sending crafted LPD packets.
Weakness: CWE-20
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-27912?
How do I fix CVE-2024-27912?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-27912 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-2024-27912 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-27912 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-wpf2-cf85-jvfv.