What is CVE-2016-1896?

CVE-2016-1896 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Lexmark C4150, classified under CWE-254. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2016-01-27.

How severe is CVE-2016-1896?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

Is CVE-2016-1896 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Vulnerability in Lexmark C4150

CVE-2016-1896

Race condition in the initialization process on Lexmark printers with firmware ATL before ATL.02.049, CB before CB.02.049, PP before PP.02.049, and YK before YK.02.049 allows remote attackers to bypass authentication by leveraging incorrect detection of the security-jumper status.

EPSS: 0.033 (87.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

ARPSyndicate/cvemon

References

cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-1896?: CVE-2016-1896 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Lexmark C4150, classified under CWE-254. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2016-01-27.
How severe is CVE-2016-1896?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2016-1896 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.