CVE-2016-3145
Lexmark printers with firmware ATL before ATL.021.063, CB before CB.021.063, PP before PP.021.063...
Lexmark printers with firmware ATL before ATL.021.063, CB before CB.021.063, PP before PP.021.063, and YK before YK.021.063 mishandle Erase Printer Memory and Erase Hard Disk actions, which allows physically proximate attackers to obtain sensitive information via direct read operations on non-volatile memory.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Physical
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
Lexmark printers with firmware ATL before ATL.021.063, CB before CB.021.063, PP before PP.021.063, and YK before YK.021.063 mishandle Erase Printer Memory and Erase Hard Disk actions, which allows physically proximate attackers to obtain sensitive information via direct read operations on non-volatile memory.
- Record
CVE-2016-3145- CVSS 3.0
- 4.6 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 2.1 Low
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-200
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Lexmark printers with firmware ATL before ATL.021.063, CB before CB.021.063, PP before PP.021.063, and YK before YK.021.063 mishandle Erase Printer Memory and Erase Hard Disk actions, which allows physically proximate attackers to obtain sensitive information via direct read operations on non-volatile memory.
- Record
CVE-2016-3145- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2016-4197 No score
Lexmark printers with firmware ATL before ATL.021.063, CB before CB.021.063, PP before PP.021.063, and YK before YK.021.063 mishandle Erase Printer Memory and Erase Hard Disk actions, which allows physically proximate attackers to obtain sensitive information via direct read operations on non-volatile memory.
- Record
EUVD-2016-4197- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-wqpc-7xwr-93hx
Lexmark printers with firmware ATL before ATL.021.063, CB before CB.021.063, PP before PP.021.063...
Lexmark printers with firmware ATL before ATL.021.063, CB before CB.021.063, PP before PP.021.063, and YK before YK.021.063 mishandle Erase Printer Memory and Erase Hard Disk actions, which allows physically proximate attackers to obtain sensitive information via direct read operations on non-volatile memory.
- Record
GHSA-wqpc-7xwr-93hx- CVSS 3.0
- 4.6 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-200
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2016-3145 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 4.6) in Lexmark Printer Firmware, published April 22, 2016. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.35%, the 28th percentile. No source names a fixed version.