Out-of-bounds read in WebAccess/SCADA - CVE-2019-10983
Published: July 3, 2019
Vulnerability identifier: #VU18983
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-10983
CWE-ID: CWE-125
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Advantech Co., Ltd
Affected software:
WebAccess/SCADA
WebAccess/SCADA
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain access to potentially sensitive information.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error when processing data passed to the webvrpcs process, within viewsrv.dll accessible through the 0x2722 IOCTL. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted file to the affected application, trigger out-of-bounds read error and read contents of memory on the system.
How to mitigate CVE-2019-10983
Install updates from vendor's website.