CVE-2020-28416

HP has identified a security vulnerability with the I.R.I.S. OCR (Optical Character Recognition)...

7.8 High

HP has identified a security vulnerability with the I.R.I.S. OCR (Optical Character Recognition) software available with HP PageWide and OfficeJet printer software installations that could potentially allow unauthorized local code execution.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector: Local
Complexity: Low
Privileges needed: Low
User interaction: None

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality: High
Integrity: High
Availability: High

Exploit likelihood

0.38%Unchanged since Nov 4, 2021

What each source reports

NVD Score used 7.8

Record: CVE-2020-28416
CVSS 3.1: 7.8 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0: 4.6 MediumAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Updated: 2026-11-02

CVE List No score

Record: CVE-2020-28416
Updated: 2026-11-02

EUVDEUVD-2020-20875 No score

Record: EUVD-2020-20875
Updated: 2026-11-03

GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-xg5f-49f6-c8xv No score

HP has identified a security vulnerability with the I.R.I.S. OCR (Optical Character Recognition)...

Record: GHSA-xg5f-49f6-c8xv
Updated: 2026-11-02

Affected products

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History

History
Recorded	Changed	Sources
Nov 3, 2026	aliases	EUVD
Nov 2, 2026	first indexed	CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2020-28416 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.8) in Hp Officejet 250 Cz992a Firmware, published November 3, 2021. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.38%, the 32nd percentile. No source names a fixed version.