Access of uninitialized pointer in CX-Supervisor - CVE-2018-7515

 

Access of uninitialized pointer in CX-Supervisor - CVE-2018-7515

Published: March 15, 2018


Vulnerability identifier: #VU11104
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-7515
CWE-ID: CWE-824
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: Omron
Affected software:
CX-Supervisor

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote attcker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.

The weakness exists due to indirect calling an initialized pointer when parsing malformed packets. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted project file, trick the victim into opening it and execute arbitrary code.

Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may result in system compromise.

How to mitigate CVE-2018-7515

Update to version 3.4.1.

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