Out-of-bounds write in Delta Industrial Automation TPEditor - CVE-2018-17927

 

Out-of-bounds write in Delta Industrial Automation TPEditor - CVE-2018-17927

Published: October 12, 2018


Vulnerability identifier: #VU15326
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/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-2018-17927
CWE-ID: CWE-787
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: Delta Electronics, Inc.
Affected software:
Delta Industrial Automation TPEditor

Detailed vulnerability description

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

The vulnerability exists due to out-of-bounds-write when processing specially crafted project files lacking user input validation. A remote unauthenticated attacker can trick the victim into opening a specially crafted file and execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.


How to mitigate CVE-2018-17927

Update to version 1.91.

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