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.
History

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First Time appeared Jvckenwood
Jvckenwood dmx958xr
Jvckenwood dmx958xr Firmware
CPEs cpe:2.3:h:jvckenwood:dmx958xr:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:jvckenwood:dmx958xr_firmware:1.0.0509.3100:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Jvckenwood
Jvckenwood dmx958xr
Jvckenwood dmx958xr Firmware

Thu, 07 Aug 2025 07:15:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Kenwood
Kenwood dmx958xr
Vendors & Products Kenwood
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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


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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.
Title Kenwood DMX958XR Protection Mechanism Failure Software Downgrade Vulnerability
Weaknesses CWE-693
References
Metrics cvssV3_0

{'score': 6.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: zdi

Published: 2025-08-06T01:19:06.412Z

Updated: 2025-08-06T13:49:28.201Z

Reserved: 2025-08-06T01:05:15.460Z

Link: CVE-2025-8656

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-08-06T13:49:25.114Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2025-08-06T02:15:54.517

Modified: 2025-08-07T16:49:34.430

Link: CVE-2025-8656

cve-icon Redhat

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