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CVE-2025-8656

Published: Aug 6, 2025Updated: Aug 7, 2025 Sources: CVE List NVDCWE-693
6.8MEDIUM
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
0.3%
Top 79.0%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
No Fix Available

Description

Kenwood DMX958XR Protection Mechanism Failure Software Downgrade Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows physically present attackers to downgrade software on affected installations of Kenwood DMX958XR devices. Authentication is not required to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within the libSystemLib library. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of version information before performing an update. An attacker can leverage this in conjunction with other vulnerabilities to execute arbitrary code in the context of root. Was ZDI-CAN-26355.

No summary for this CVE yet.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:PAC:LPR:NUI:NS:UC:HI:HA:H
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:HIntegrity
High
A:HAvailability
High
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Weaknesses

CWE-693

Affected Products

DMX958XRKenwood
Embedded
Hardware Firmware / storage-nas
dmx958xr firmwarejvckenwood
Embedded
Hardware Firmware / storage-nas
kenwoodcommercialHardware Firmware
jvckenwoodcommercialHardware Firmware

Exploitability

No known exploits, KEV entries, or remediation guidance available for this vulnerability yet.

References

https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-25-804/
zerodayinitiative.com

Timeline

Published
Aug 6, 2025
Last Updated
Aug 7, 2025

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