CVE-2025-8656 MEDIUM

CVE-2025-8656: Kenwood DMX958XR Protection Mechanism Failure Software Downgrade Vulnerability

Vendor Kenwood
Product DMX958XR
Weakness CWE-693
Published August 6, 2025
Last update August 6, 2025
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CVSS base score

6.8/10
Attack vector Physical
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Confidentiality High
Integrity High

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

What the vulnerability does

01Description

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.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

August 6, 2025 CVE published
August 6, 2025 Record updated