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Vulnerability record · CVE-2012-5221 · published 29 April 2013

CVE-2012-5221: Hp color laserjet 3000 vulnerability

Hp · Color Laserjet 3000

Directory traversal vulnerability in the PostScript Interpreter, as used on the HP LaserJet 4xxx, 5200, 90xx, M30xx, M4345, M50xx, M90xx, P3005, and P4xxx; LaserJet Enterprise P3015; Color LaserJet 3xxx, 47xx, 5550, 9500, CM60xx, CP35xx, CP4005, and CP6015; Color LaserJet Enterprise CP4xxx; and 9250c Digital Sender with model-dependent firmware through 52.x allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via unknown vectors.

5.0 CVSS 2.0 Medium EPSS 3.9% · top 10.1%
5.0CVSS 2.0 base score
3.9%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
37Affected product versions listed by NVD
4References
16 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in the PostScript Interpreter, as used on the HP LaserJet 4xxx, 5200, 90xx, M30xx, M4345, M50xx, M90xx, P3005, and P4xxx; LaserJet Enterprise P3015; Color LaserJet 3xxx, 47xx, 5550, 9500, CM60xx, CP35xx, CP4005, and CP6015; Color LaserJet Enterprise CP4xxx; and 9250c Digital Sender with model-dependent firmware through 52.x allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via unknown vectors.

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Affected products

37 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
http://www.verisigninc.com/en_US/products-and-services/network-intelligence-availability/idefense/public-vulnerability-r
https://h20566.www2.hp.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c03744742 Vendor Advisory
http://www.verisigninc.com/en_US/products-and-services/network-intelligence-availability/idefense/public-vulnerability-r
https://h20566.www2.hp.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c03744742 Vendor Advisory

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Related vulnerabilities

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2012-5221), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-29). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.