Memory corruption in Automation PM Designer and Automation FV Designer - CVE-2016-5798

 

Memory corruption in Automation PM Designer and Automation FV Designer - CVE-2016-5798

Published: October 14, 2016


Vulnerability identifier: #VU997
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:P/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2016-5798
CWE-ID: CWE-121
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: Fatek
Affected software:
Automation PM Designer
Automation FV Designer

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote unauthenticated user to cause the target system to crash or execute arbitrary code.
The weakness is due to stack-based buffer overflow. By sending additional valid packets attackers can access the system and cause a crash or execute arbitrary code.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may result in complete vulnerable system compromise.

How to mitigate CVE-2016-5798


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