CVE-2021-44738 is a critical buffer overflow vulnerability affecting Lexmark devices through 2021-12-07, specifically within their postscript interpreter. With a CVSS score of 9.8, this vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with low attack complexity and no user interaction, potentially leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there is no known active exploitation or public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion, indicating awareness and potential for future exploitation.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< mslsg.076.294CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:lexmark:b2236_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< mxlsg.076.294CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:lexmark:mb2236_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< mslbd.076.294CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:lexmark:ms431_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< mslbd.076.294CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:lexmark:ms331_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< mslbd.076.294CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:lexmark:m1342_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.