# 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.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.5 (`CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H`)
- **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 available:** No
- **Published:** 13 Feb 2017
- **Updated:** 6 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-hx4r-v76m-q7fg

## 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: 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.

## 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

- [CVE-2016-9356](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-9356/): Privilege escalation in Moxa DACenter 1.4 and older (high 7.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2016-9354 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: 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.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-9354 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Moxa DACenter 1.4 and older. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-9354/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-9354/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-9354
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-9354
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-9354

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-9354/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.