Vulnerability · Published Aug 6, 2025 · Assigned by zdi

CVE-2025-8641Kenwood DMX958XR Firmware Update Command Injection Vulnerability

Medium 6.8

In plain English

A medium-severity OS command injection in DMX958XR from Kenwood. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.9% (higher than 59% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.0)6.8Medium

Exploit odds (30 days)0.9%top 40.6% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

Kenwood DMX958XR Firmware Update Command Injection Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows physically present attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of Kenwood DMX958XR devices. Authentication is not required to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within the firmware update process. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of a user-supplied string before using it to execute a system call. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of root. Was ZDI-CAN-26264.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
Kenwood	DMX958XR	1.0.0005.4600 (SOC Image)

Weakness: CWE-78 · Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

ZDI-25-789 x_research-advisory