Use-after-free error in CX-Supervisor - CVE-2018-19017

 

Use-after-free error in CX-Supervisor - CVE-2018-19017

Published: January 17, 2019 / Updated: January 18, 2019


Vulnerability identifier: #VU17078
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4: 8.6 [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]
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-19017
CWE-ID: CWE-416
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

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

The vulnerability exists due to use-after-free error when malicious input. A remote unauthenticated attacker can trick the victim into processing a specially crafted processing project files, trigger memory corruption and execute arbitrary code under the privileges of the application.

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


Affected software

CX-Supervisor

How to mitigate CVE-2018-19017

Update to version 3.5.0.11.

CX-Supervisor - update to 3.5.0.11

External References

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