Access of Uninitialized Pointer in Cscape and Cscape EnvisionRV - CVE-2023-31244
Published: May 26, 2023
Vulnerability identifier: #VU76572
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-2023-31244
CWE-ID: CWE-824
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Horner Automation
Affected software:
Cscape
Cscape EnvisionRV
Cscape
Cscape EnvisionRV
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to compromise vulnerable system.
The vulnerability exists due to uninitialized pointer access while parsing specially crafted CSP files. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted file, trick the victim into opening it using the affected software and execute arbitrary code on the target system.
How to mitigate CVE-2023-31244
Install updates from vendor's website.