Out-of-bounds write in LAquis SCADA - CVE-2018-17901

 

Out-of-bounds write in LAquis SCADA - CVE-2018-17901

Published: October 17, 2018


Vulnerability identifier: #VU15384
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-2018-17901
CWE-ID: CWE-787
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: Leão Consultoria e Desenvolvimento de Sistemas
Affected software:
LAquis SCADA

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 project files. A remote unauthenticated attacker can trick the victim into opening a specially crafted input, perform write operations on a stack object and execute code under the current process.

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


How to mitigate CVE-2018-17901

Update to version 4.1.0.4114.

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