CVE-2023-50738 (GCVE-0-2023-50738)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-01-17 21:10 – Updated: 2025-01-17 22:02
VLAI?
Summary
A new feature to prevent Firmware downgrades was recently added to some Lexmark products. A method to
override this downgrade protection has been identified.
Severity ?
4.3 (Medium)
CWE
Assigner
References
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lexmark | Printer Firmware |
Affected:
0 , ≤ 230.041
(custom)
Affected: 230.075 , ≤ 230.086 (custom) Affected: 230.100 , ≤ 230.104 (custom) Affected: 230.200 , ≤ 230.209 (custom) |
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