CVE-2025-8656CWE-693

Kenwood DMX958XR Protection Mechanism Failure Software Downgrade Vulnerability

Medium · published August 6, 2025

CVSS v3.0
6.8
EPSS
0%
Percentile
13.8
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.0
6.8 · MEDIUM
Vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00236 · 13.8th percentile
Weakness
CWE-693 · Protection Mechanism Failure
Published
2025-08-06T01:19Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 06 AUG 01:19Z
    Kenwood DMX958XR Protection Mechanism Failure Software Downgrade Vulnerability
    cvelistv5