CVE-2025-8656 is a protection mechanism failure vulnerability affecting Kenwood DMX958XR devices, allowing a physically present attacker to downgrade software without authentication. The flaw, residing in the libSystemLib library, stems from insufficient validation of version information during updates. With a CVSS score of 6.8 (Medium), exploitation requires physical access but can lead to arbitrary code execution as root when combined with other vulnerabilities, resulting in high impact to confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
1.0.0509.3100CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:jvckenwood:dmx958xr_firmware:1.0.0509.3100:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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