VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2018-5924

A security vulnerability has been identified with certain HP Inkjet printers.

CRITICAL 9.8EPSS 11.0%

Does this matter?

EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 11.0%, higher than 96% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.

Description

A security vulnerability has been identified with certain HP Inkjet printers. A maliciously crafted file sent to an affected device can cause a stack buffer overflow, which could allow remote code execution.

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: 10.95% probability · 96th percentile
Public exploits: None in Exploit-DB
CISA KEV: Not listed
Weakness: CWE-787
Affected: hp/t8x44 firmware · hp/3aw51a firmware · hp/a9u28b firmware · hp/d3a82a firmware · hp/v1n08a firmware · hp/y5h80a firmware · hp/d4h24b firmware · hp/f5s57a firmware · hp/k4t99b firmware · hp/k4u04b firmware · hp/t8x39 firmware · hp/1sh08 firmware · hp/3aw44a firmware · hp/a9u19a firmware · hp/d3a78b firmware · hp/4uj28b firmware · hp/v1n01a firmware · hp/y5h60a firmware · hp/d4h22a firmware · hp/j6u57b firmware · +40 more
Source: hp-security-alert@hp.com

EPSS trend

EPSS moved from 23.0% on 21 September 2026 to 11.0% on 27 October 2026. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”.

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105010Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041415Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://research.checkpoint.com/sending-fax-back-to-the-dark-ages/Third Party Advisory
https://support.hp.com/us-en/document/c06097712Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105010Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041415Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://research.checkpoint.com/sending-fax-back-to-the-dark-ages/Third Party Advisory
https://support.hp.com/us-en/document/c06097712Vendor Advisory

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