HP Color LaserJet Pro M280-M281 Multifunction Printer series (before v.
HP Color LaserJet Pro M280-M281 Multifunction Printer series (before v. 20190419), HP LaserJet Pro MFP M28-M31 Printer series (before v. 20190426) may have an IPP Parser potentially vulnerable to Buffer Overflow.
- Published
- Jun 17, 2019
- Updated
- Jun 16, 2026
- EPSS
- 2.4% · 83th percentile
- CWE
- CWE-120
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Action score
40
Plan
Add it to your regular patch cycle.
- CVSS
- 39 / 40 · 9.8 / 10
- CISA KEV
- 0 / 30 · Not listed
- EPSS
- 1 / 30 · 2.4%
Noroxi analysis
No Noroxi analysis for this record yet
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We use this product, ask for helpAffected systems
| Vendor | Product | CPE |
|---|---|---|
| hp | laserjet pro m280-m281 t6b80a firmware | cpe:2.3:o:hp:laserjet_pro_m280-m281_t6b80a_firmware |
| hp | laserjet pro m280-m281 t6b80a | cpe:2.3:h:hp:laserjet_pro_m280-m281_t6b80a |
| hp | laserjet pro m280-m281 t6b83a firmware | cpe:2.3:o:hp:laserjet_pro_m280-m281_t6b83a_firmware |
| hp | laserjet pro m280-m281 t6b83a | cpe:2.3:h:hp:laserjet_pro_m280-m281_t6b83a |
| hp | laserjet pro m280-m281 t6b81a firmware | cpe:2.3:o:hp:laserjet_pro_m280-m281_t6b81a_firmware |
| hp | laserjet pro m280-m281 t6b81a | cpe:2.3:h:hp:laserjet_pro_m280-m281_t6b81a |
| hp | laserjet pro m280-m281 t6b82a firmware | cpe:2.3:o:hp:laserjet_pro_m280-m281_t6b82a_firmware |
| hp | laserjet pro m280-m281 t6b82a | cpe:2.3:h:hp:laserjet_pro_m280-m281_t6b82a |
| hp | laserjet pro mfp m28-m31 w2g54a firmware | cpe:2.3:o:hp:laserjet_pro_mfp_m28-m31_w2g54a_firmware |
| hp | laserjet pro mfp m28-m31 w2g54a | cpe:2.3:h:hp:laserjet_pro_mfp_m28-m31_w2g54a |
| hp | laserjet pro mfp m28-m31 w2g55a firmware | cpe:2.3:o:hp:laserjet_pro_mfp_m28-m31_w2g55a_firmware |
| hp | laserjet pro mfp m28-m31 w2g55a | cpe:2.3:h:hp:laserjet_pro_mfp_m28-m31_w2g55a |
and 8 more
Affected versions
NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.
- hp laserjet pro m280-m281 t6b80a firmwarebefore 20190419
- hp laserjet pro m280-m281 t6b81a firmwarebefore 20190419
- hp laserjet pro m280-m281 t6b82a firmwarebefore 20190419
- hp laserjet pro m280-m281 t6b83a firmwarebefore 20190419
- hp laserjet pro mfp m28-m31 w2g54a firmwarebefore 20190426
- hp laserjet pro mfp m28-m31 w2g55a firmwarebefore 20190426
- hp laserjet pro mfp m28-m31 y5s50a firmwarebefore 20190426
- hp laserjet pro mfp m28-m31 y5s53a firmwarebefore 20190426
- hp laserjet pro mfp m28-m31 y5s54a firmwarebefore 20190426
- hp laserjet pro mfp m28-m31 y5s55a firmwarebefore 20190426
Versions reported by the vendor
Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (hp). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.
n/a HP Color LaserJet Pro M280-M281 Multifunction Printer series; HP LaserJet Pro MFP M28-M31 Printer series
- before 20190419, before 20190426affected
Remediation
Which version to upgrade to
Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.
No fix version is recorded for this entry. Check the references for vendor advisories.
Exploit status
No known public exploit
No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.
Research context
For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.
Timeline
From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.
No dated events beyond publication.
FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).
Patch and commit links
Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.
No commit or PR link among the references.
Credits
All researchersFinders, reporters and analysts named in the CNA record. Click a name for that researcher’s other records.
No credits in the CNA record.
Variant candidates
Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.
No nightly-computed relations.
Chain candidates
An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.
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Bug bounty scope
No known public program.
Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).
Technical details
Attack conditions
- Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it.
- No account or password is required.
- No user action is required.
- No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
If successful
- Confidentiality
- high · data can be read
- Integrity
- high · data or configuration can be modified
- Availability
- high · the service can be disrupted
- Attack vector
- Network
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality impact
- High
- Integrity impact
- High
- Availability impact
- High
Weakness class (CWE)
CWE-120 · Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow')CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
nvd-primary
Root cause
When data is copied, the source length is not compared with the size of the destination buffer. Excess data overwrites adjacent memory.
The bug in code
The whole CWE-120 classA representative example of this vulnerability class. Not the vendor's source code; it shows the faulty pattern and its fix.
Vulnerable
char buf[256];memcpy(buf, pkt->data, pkt->len);Fixed
char buf[256];if (pkt->len > sizeof(buf)) { return -EINVAL;}memcpy(buf, pkt->data, pkt->len);Attack context
MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.
Attack patterns (CAPEC)
- Buffer Overflow via Environment VariablesCAPEC-10likelihood: High · High
- Overflow BuffersCAPEC-100likelihood: High · Very High
- Client-side Injection-induced Buffer OverflowCAPEC-14likelihood: Medium · High
- Filter Failure through Buffer OverflowCAPEC-24likelihood: High · High
- MIME ConversionCAPEC-42likelihood: High · High
- Overflow Binary Resource FileCAPEC-44likelihood: High · Very High
- Buffer Overflow via Symbolic LinksCAPEC-45likelihood: High · High
- Overflow Variables and TagsCAPEC-46likelihood: High · High
ATT&CK techniques
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Change log
No changes recorded on tracked fields yet. Score, KEV, exploit maturity and fix status changes appear here.
References
Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.