CVE-2004-0740 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in the HTTP server of Lexmark T522 network printers and potentially other models. Attackers can trigger a server crash, reload, or hang by sending an HTTP header with an excessively long Host field, likely exploiting a buffer overflow. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.0, indicating a medium severity, with a network attack vector, low attack complexity, and a partial availability impact. While not listed on CISA's KEV catalog, an ExploitDB entry (EDB-358) exists, and it has garnered significant community discussion with 10 mentions, suggesting awareness among security researchers.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:h:lexmark:t522_network_printer:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.