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CVE-2016-3145

Published: Apr 22, 2016Updated: May 6, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVD BDUCWE-200
NVD MITRE
4.6CVSSMEDIUM
EPSS Score
0.3%
Top 73.7%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available

Description

Lexmark printers with firmware ATL before ATL.021.063, CB before CB.021.063, PP before PP.021.063, and YK before YK.021.063 mishandle Erase Printer Memory and Erase Hard Disk actions, which allows physically proximate attackers to obtain sensitive information via direct read operations on non-volatile memory.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:PAC:LPR:NUI:NS:UC:HI:NA:N
Exploitability
AV:PAttack Vector
Physical
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:NPrivileges Required
None
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:HConfidentiality
High
I:NIntegrity
None
A:NAvailability
None
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Weaknesses

CWE-200

Affected Products

LexmarkLexmark International Inc.Hardware Firmware
printer firmwarelexmarkHardware Firmware
n/an/a
lexmark international inc.commercialUSHardware Firmwareaka b2236, b2338, b2442
lexmarkcommercialUSHardware Firmware

Attack Graph

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Exploitability

Official Patch Available

MITRE ATT&CK

1 technique
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References

http://support.lexmark.com/index?page=content&id=TE760
support.lexmark.com
http://support.lexmark.com/index?page=content&id=TE760
support.lexmark.com

Timeline

Published
Apr 22, 2016
Last Updated
May 6, 2026

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