Buffer overflow in iFIX - CVE-2018-17925
Published: October 9, 2018 / Updated: October 10, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU15298
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-17925
CWE-ID: CWE-119
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: GE Fanuc
Affected software:
iFIX
iFIX
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a local attacker to gain elevated privileges on the target system.
The vulnerability exists in the third-party ActiveX object provided to GE iFIX by Gigasoft due to boundary error when handling malicious input. A local attacker can supply specially crafted input, trigger memory corruption and gain elevated privileges to conduct further attacks.
How to mitigate CVE-2018-17925
Update to version 5.9.