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Hotspot Laserjet Pro M1218nfs MfpHardware / appliance · Hp

CVE-2012-5215

HIGH · 8.8 CVSS v2.0 Developing Published 2013-03-09
Fix available
A fix is available. Upgrade to after 20130210 or later.
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97/100
Remediation priority · Urgent
Remotely reachable No privileges Zero-click

Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.

NVD · unedited
Unspecified vulnerability on the HP LaserJet Pro M1212nf, M1213nf, M1214nfh, M1216nfh, M1217nfw, and M1219nf, and HotSpot LaserJet Pro M1218nfs, with firmware before 20130211; LaserJet Pro CP1025nw with firmware before 20130212; and LaserJet Pro P1102w and P1606dn with firmware before 20130213 allows remote attackers to modify data or cause a denial of service via unknown vectors.

Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.

dbcve analysis · low confidence
Developing — this CVE was published recently and its authoritative NVD entry is still being established, so we're holding a technical summary until the source data settles rather than publish something unreliable. Re-checking after 2026-08-05.

Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.

NVD · CPE data
Hotspot Laserjet Pro M1218nfs MfpHardware / appliance
Affected:= b4k88a
Laserjet Pro M1212nf MfpHardware / appliance
Affected:= ce841a
Laserjet Pro M1213nf MfpHardware / appliance
Affected:= ce845a
Laserjet Pro M1214nfh MfpHardware / appliance
Affected:= ce842a
Laserjet Pro M1216nfh Multifunction PrinterHardware / appliance
Affected:= ce843a
Laserjet Pro M1217nfw Multifunction PrinterHardware / appliance
Affected:= ce844a
Laserjet Pro M1219nf MfpHardware / appliance
Affected:= ce846a
Hotspot Laserjet Pro M1218nfs Mfp FirmwareHardware / appliance
Affected:<= 20130210

CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.

From the vector
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
M
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:C

Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.

From vendor data
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