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CVE-2024-51978

An unauthenticated attacker who knows the target device's serial number, can generate the default administrator password for the device. An unauthenticated attacker can first discover the target device's serial number via CVE-2024-51977 over HTTP/HTTPS/IPP, or via a PJL request, or via an SNMP request.

CVSS 9.8 · CriticalBuzz score 21.9

Buzz score

Why this CVE is surfacing

Buzz score total 21.9

This all-time snapshot uses the same composite formula as Trending across a 30-year evidence window, rather than a current rolling window.

Buzz score components · mention 13.9 · diversity 8.0 · KEV 0.0 · OTX 0.0 · PoC 0.0
Mention score
13.9
3 evidence mentions in the snapshot
Diversity score
8.0
3 sources across 1 categories
KEV score
0.0
No KEV entry observed
OTX score
0.0
0 OTX pulses
PoC score
0.0
0 repos · best confidence N/A
Best PoC traction
0
Maximum stars on a matched PoC repo

Why it matters now

Mention timeline

Total mentions
0
within the 30d window
Peak daily
0
highest bucket

Evidence

Source links by recency

Newest mentions first
3 source links · newest first
  • July 2025 Patch Tuesday is now live: Microsoft fixes critical wormable Windows flaw (CVE-2025-47981) There was a barrage of updates released the week of June 2025 Patch Tuesday. This included security updates from Adobe, Google, Microsoft, Mozilla, and others. But it has been ‘calm’ the past couple of weeks. The news and message boards were covering the continuing update issues from the past couple of months but there wasn’t a lot of new or exciting … More →

    newswww.helpnetsecurity.comJul 7, 2025, 6:30 AM
  • Brother Industries is grappling with a critical authentication bypass vulnerability affecting hundreds of different printer models, many of them used in enterprises, allowing unauthenticated remote code execution (RCE) on the devices when chained with another flaw. The admin password bypass stems from a manufacturing issue and cannot be fixed through firmware according to Rapid7, the […]

    newswww.csoonline.comJun 27, 2025, 2:43 PM
  • Rapid7 has found several serious vulnerabilities affecting over 700 printer models from Brother and other vendors.

    newswww.securityweek.comJun 25, 2025, 11:11 AM

Exploit code

Public exploit repository references

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