CVE-2019-16240 — A Buffer Overflow and Information Disclosure issue exists in HP OfficeJet Pro Pr

A Buffer Overflow and Information Disclosure issue exists in HP OfficeJet Pro Printers before 001.1937C, and HP PageWide Managed Printers and HP PageWide Pro Printers before 001.1937D exists; A maliciously crafted print file might cause certain HP Inkjet printers to assert. Under

01What is this vulnerability?

A Buffer Overflow and Information Disclosure issue exists in HP OfficeJet Pro Printers before 001.1937C, and HP PageWide Managed Printers and HP PageWide Pro Printers before 001.1937D exists; A maliciously crafted print file might cause certain HP Inkjet printers to assert. Under certain circumstances, the printer produces a core dump to a local device.

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
n	a / n/a	n/a

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2021-11-09T14:37:36.000Z
• Last modified: 2024-08-05T01:10:41.632Z

09References

• support.hp.com — https://support.hp.com/us-en/document/c06458150