CVE-2016-9354 Denial of service in Moxa DACenter 1.4 and older
An attacker can cause a denial of service in Moxa DACenter by providing a specially crafted project file that triggers uncontrolled resource consumption.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2016-9354?
CVE-2016-9354 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Moxa DACenter 1.4 and older, published on 13 Feb 2017. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
An issue was discovered in Moxa DACenter Versions 1.4 and older. A specially crafted project file may cause the program to crash because of Uncontrolled Resource Consumption.
Weakness: CWE-399
Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-9354?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Moxa Dacenter.
How do I fix CVE-2016-9354?
No fix has been published for CVE-2016-9354 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2016-9354 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-9354 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Moxa DACenter 1.4 and older
Sources
Also known as GHSA-hx4r-v76m-q7fg.