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CVE-2017-2741

A potential security vulnerability has been identified with HP PageWide Printers, HP OfficeJet Pro Printers, with firmware before 1708D.

EXPLOIT ×2 ✓CRITICAL 9.8EPSS 84.6%

Does this matter?

EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 84.6%, higher than 100% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.

Description

A potential security vulnerability has been identified with HP PageWide Printers, HP OfficeJet Pro Printers, with firmware before 1708D. This vulnerability could potentially be exploited to execute arbitrary code.

CVSS 3.0
9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS
84.61% probability · 100th percentile
Public exploits
2 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 14 June 2017
CISA KEV
Not listed
Affected
hp/j9v82a firmware · hp/j9v82b firmware · hp/j9v82c firmware · hp/j9v82d firmware · hp/j6u55a firmware · hp/j6u55b firmware · hp/j6u55c firmware · hp/j6u55d firmware · hp/k9z76a firmware · hp/k9z76d firmware · hp/d3q17a firmware · hp/d3q17c firmware · hp/d3q17d firmware · hp/d3q21a firmware · hp/d3q21c firmware · hp/d3q21d firmware · hp/d3q20a firmware · hp/d3q20b firmware · hp/d3q20c firmware · hp/d3q20d firmware · +18 more
Source
hp-security-alert@hp.com
EPSS trend
0%43%85%21 September 2026: 78.99%22 September 2026: 84.61%27 October 2026: 84.61%21 September 202627 October 2026

EPSS moved from 79.0% on 21 September 2026 to 84.6% on 27 October 2026. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”.

Public exploits (2)

Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.

EDB-IDTitleTypePublishedVerified
EDB-45273source ↗HP Jetdirect - Path Traversal Arbitrary Code Execution (Metasploit)unix · Metasploitremote27 August 2018yes
EDB-42176source ↗HP PageWide Printers / HP OfficeJet Pro Printers (OfficeJet Pro 8210) - Arbitrary Code Executionhardware · Jacob Bainesremote14 June 2017no

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.