What is CVE-2021-44737?

CVE-2021-44737 is a high-severity vulnerability in Lexmark 6500e, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2022-01-20.

How severe is CVE-2021-44737?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.

Path Traversal in Lexmark 6500e

CVE-2021-44737

PJL directory traversal vulnerability in Lexmark devices through 2021-12-07 that can be leveraged to overwrite internal configuration files.

Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)

Published 2022-01-20 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.014 (72.1th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 72nd percentile — 72.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.014 · newest: 0.014 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-22 — Path Traversal

References

support.lexmark.com/alerts/ (Vendor Advisory)
www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-22-333/ (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-44737?: CVE-2021-44737 is a high-severity vulnerability in Lexmark 6500e, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2022-01-20.
How severe is CVE-2021-44737?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.