Code execution via unchecked PCFAX field length
Published Feb 6, 2024 · Updated Jun 17, 2025
A heap-based buffer overflow in affected Canon printer firmware 03.07 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code. The CPCA PCFAX handler copies a user-controlled fax-job field into a fixed-length heap buffer without validating its length. Any unauthenticated attacker on the same network segment can corrupt memory to run code in the device context or make the printer unresponsive.
Summary
What happened
A heap-based buffer overflow in affected Canon printer firmware 03.07 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code. The CPCA PCFAX handler copies a user-controlled fax-job field into a fixed-length heap buffer without validating its length. Any unauthenticated attacker on the same network segment can corrupt memory to run code in the device context or make the printer unresponsive.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2024-0244
- Published
- Feb 6, 2024
- Updated
- Jun 17, 2025
- Vendor
- Canon Inc.
- Product
- Color imageCLASS MF750C Series
- Classifications
- CWE-787, T1499.004, T1190
- Attack vector
- adjacent
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Feb 6, 2024CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Jun 17, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=03.07 and earlier
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