CVE-2017-12568 is a Denial of Service vulnerability affecting Brother DCP-J132W printers, and likely other DCP models, due to a flaw in the embedded httpd 1.20. An unauthenticated remote attacker can disrupt the printer's network connection by flooding it with a large volume of HTTP packets. This vulnerability is rated as HIGH severity (CVSS 7.5), indicating a significant impact on availability with low attack complexity. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
1.20CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:brother:dcp-j132w_firmware:1.20:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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