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CVE-2025-8637

Kenwood DMX958XR Firmware Update Command Injection Vulnerability.

MEDIUM 6.8EPSS 0.95%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.95%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

Description

Kenwood DMX958XR Firmware Update Command Injection Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows physically present attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of Kenwood DMX958XR devices. Authentication is not required to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within the firmware update process. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of a user-supplied string before using it to execute a system call. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of root. Was ZDI-CAN-26260.

CVSS 3.0: 6.8 MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS: 0.95% probability · 61th percentile
Public exploits: None in Exploit-DB
CISA KEV: Not listed
Weakness: CWE-78
Affected: jvckenwood/dmx958xr firmware
Source: zdi-disclosures@trendmicro.com

EPSS trend

EPSS 0.9% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.

References

https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-25-785/Third Party Advisory

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