Canon Patches Seven Critical Flaws in Small Office Printers

 

Canon, a Japanese electronics company, released software patches on Monday that address seven major vulnerabilities impacting numerous small office printer models. 

Buffer overflow flaws are the issues that can be used to execute code remotely over a network or render a vulnerable product inoperable.

“These vulnerabilities point to the possibility that an unauthorised remote attacker could be able to execute arbitrary code and/or use the product as a target for a denial-of-service (DoS) attack over the Internet if a product is connected directly to the Internet without using a router (wired or Wi-Fi),” according to Canon. 

The vulnerabilities are tracked under the CVE-2023-6229, CVE-2023-6234, and CVE-2024-0244 codes. They have a 9.8 CVSS score, according to Japan’s vulnerability information portal JVN.

According to NIST advisories, flaws were identified in a number of components, including the processes for downloading CP

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