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Vulnerability · CVE-2025-42598

Multiple SEIKO EPSON printer drivers for Windows OS are configured with an improper access permission settings when installed or used in a language other than English.

Published Apr 28, 2025 · catalog updated Apr 28, 2025 · SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION SEIKO EPSON printer drivers for Windows OS

Check if you run it

No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-42598. EPSS is 0.21%. Act only if a listed version of SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION SEIKO EPSON printer drivers for Windows OS is installed.

Gaps on this record

  • No version range is stored. A customer cannot check an installed version against this record.
  • No vendor fix or required action is stored. Compare the linked advisory before you change production.
Severity
High8.4
Known exploitation
Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
0.21%
Remediation
Vendor / distro source
Affected products
vendor SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION SEIKO EPSON printer drivers for Windows OS see the information provided by SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION.

Multiple SEIKO EPSON printer drivers for Windows OS are configured with an improper access permission settings when installed or used in a language other than English. If a user is directed to place a crafted DLL file in a location of an attacker's choosing, the attacker may execute arbitrary code with SYSTEM privilege on a Windows system on which the printer driver is installed.

Are you affected?

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  • vendor SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION SEIKO EPSON printer drivers for Windows OS see the information provided by SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION.see the information provided by SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION.

How to fix CVE-2025-42598

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Should you patch?

No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-42598. EPSS is 0.21%. Act only if a listed version of SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION SEIKO EPSON printer drivers for Windows OS is installed.

Which versions are affected?

Compare what you have installed with SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION SEIKO EPSON printer drivers for Windows OS see the information provided by SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION. see the information provided by SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION.. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.

What should an analyst verify?

No weakness class is stored. EPSS 0.21%. There is no CISA KEV listing. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Technology hubs

Windows security

Code

The project this record applies to. Exploit listings stay in References.

No public source repository is identified for this product.

Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. Apr 28, 2025 · EUVD

    Detected

    Multiple SEIKO EPSON printer drivers for Windows OS are configured with an improper access permission settings when installed or used in a language other than English. If a user is directed to place a crafted DLL file in a location of an attacker's choosing, the attacker may execute arbitrary code with SYSTEM privilege on a Windows system on which the printer driver is installed.

  2. Apr 28, 2025 · EUVD

    Updated

    Multiple SEIKO EPSON printer drivers for Windows OS are configured with an improper access permission settings when installed or used in a language other than English. If a user is directed to place a crafted DLL file in a location of an attacker's choosing, the attacker may execute arbitrary code with SYSTEM privilege on a Windows system on which the printer driver is installed.

Sources

  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2025-42598

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2025-42598

    30-day exploitation probability 0.2%

    first.org
  • EUVDVulnerability recordEUVD-2025-12570

    Multiple SEIKO EPSON printer drivers for Windows OS are configured with an improper access permission settings when installed or used in a language other than English. If a user is directed to place a crafted DLL file in a location of an attacker's choosing, the attacker may exec

    euvd.enisa.europa.eu

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Oct 18, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.