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CVE-2021-3705 (GCVE-0-2021-3705)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-11-01 13:20 – Updated: 2024-08-03 17:01
VLAI
Summary
Potential security vulnerabilities have been discovered on a certain HP LaserJet Pro printer that may allow an unauthorized user to reconfigure, reset the device.
Severity
9.8 (Critical)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • unauthorized configuration
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
n/a HP LaserJet Pro M501 Series J8H61A; HP LaserJet Pro M501 Series J8H60A Affected: before 20210810
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