CVE-2024-5209 Denial of service in Printers
An unauthenticated attacker on a shared network can deny printing capabilities on Lenovo printers until the system is rebooted.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2024-5209?
CVE-2024-5209 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Lenovo Printers, published on 16 Aug 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
A denial-of-service vulnerability was reported in some Lenovo printers that could allow an unauthenticated attacker on a shared network to deny printing capabilities until the system is rebooted.
Weakness: CWE-770
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-5209?
How do I fix CVE-2024-5209?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-5209 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-2024-5209 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-5209 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-h44r-v8c9-8pmx.