CVE-2025-8629: Jvckenwood DMX958XR Firmware

Medium severity, CVSS 6.8. EPSS: 0.9% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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-26252.

Affected products

• Jvckenwood DMX958XR Firmware: version 1.0.0005.4600 only

Published 2025-08-06. Last modified 2026-06-17.