CVE-2000-1062

Medium

Published: 11/12/2000(UTC)Updated: 23/09/2026(UTC)Translated: 23/09/2026(UTC)NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

High risk

3.15%

87th percentile - higher than 87% of all known CVEs

Summary

Buffer overflow in the FTP service in HP JetDirect printer card Firmware x.08.20 and earlier. A remote attacker can cause a denial of service (printer crash).

Risk Assessment

An attacker can remotely disrupt network printers, potentially disrupting organizational operations. The risk is moderate but can lead to printing outages.

Recommendation

Update HP JetDirect card firmware to a version later than x.08.20. If update is not possible, restrict network access to the FTP service on printers.

Other vulnerabilities in HP JetDirect

CVE-2000-1065Medium
A vulnerability in the IP implementation of HP JetDirect printer card Firmware x.08.20 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (printer crash) via a malformed packet. The attack does not require authentication.

Original NVD description (English source)

Buffer overflow in the FTP service in HP JetDirect printer card Firmware x.08.20 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS