Untrusted pointer dereference in Advantech WebAccess - CVE-2017-16728

 

Untrusted pointer dereference in Advantech WebAccess - CVE-2017-16728

Published: January 9, 2018


Vulnerability identifier: #VU9889
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-16728
CWE-ID: CWE-822
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: Advantech Co., Ltd
Affected software:
Advantech WebAccess

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.

The weakness exists due to untrusted pointer dereference. A remote attacker can ause the program to use an invalid memory address, resulting in a program crash.

How to mitigate CVE-2017-16728

Update to version 8.3.

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