Service Notice: Vulnerability Mitigation/Remediation for Small Office Multifunctional Printers and Laser Printers 

Date: 03.15.24

Canon U.S.A., Inc. has recently become aware of a potential buffer overflow vulnerability in the WSD protocol process for certain Canon Laser Printers and Small Office Multifunctional Printers listed under Affected models below. If the product is connected directly to the Internet without using a wired or Wi-Fi router, a third party could potentially execute arbitrary code, or the product could be subjected to a Denial-of-Service (DoS) attack via the Internet.

CVE/CVSS:

CVE-2024-2184: Buffer overflow in identifier field of WSD probe request process of
Small Office Multifunction Printers and Laser Printers
CVSS v3 CVSS: 3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Base Score: 9.8

 

Affected models:

imageCLASS MF Series
MF1127C
MF1333C
MF644CDW/MF642DW/MF641CW
MF746CDW/MF745CDW/ MF743CDW/MF741CDW
MF753CDW/MF751CDW

imageCLASS LBP Series
LBP1127C
LBP1333C
LBP623CDW/LBP622CDW
LBP664CDW
LBP674CDW

Mitigation/Remediation:
We recommend that our customers set a private IP address for the products and create a network environment with a firewall or wired/Wi-Fi router that can restrict network access.

Please refer here for more details on securing products when connecting to a network.

In addition, we recommend that our customers install the latest firmware available using the instructions set forth below.

To update the firmware via the Internet, take the following steps from the printer:

<Touch Panel Model>
Select [Update Firmware] on the Home screen.
When a license screen appears, select [Accept].
Select [OK].

<Black and White LCD Model>
Select [Menu] on the Home screen.
Select [Management Settings].
Select [Remote UI Settings/Update Firmware] > [Update Firmware].
Select [Via Internet].
Check the message and select [Yes].
When a license screen appears, press [OK].
Select [OK].

For more information, please refer to the "Updating the Firmware" section in the User Manual.

Thank you,
Customer Support
Canon U.S.A., Inc.

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