CVE-2017-16753 Denial of service in Advantech WebAccess
Attackers can crash Advantech WebAccess by sending improperly validated inputs, disrupting industrial control operations.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2017-16753?
CVE-2017-16753 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Advantech Webaccess, published on 5 Jan 2018. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
An Improper Input Validation issue was discovered in Advantech WebAccess versions prior to 8.3. WebAccess allows some inputs that may cause the program to crash.
Weakness: CWE-20
Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-16753?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Advantech Webaccess.
How do I fix CVE-2017-16753?
No fix has been published for CVE-2017-16753 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-2017-16753 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-16753 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Advantech Webaccess
- CVE-2014-9208 Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in unspecified DLL files in Advantech WebAccess before 8.0.1 allow remote attackers to execute arbitra
- CVE-2021-33023 Advantech WebAccess
- CVE-2021-38389 Advantech WebAccess
- CVE-2021-38408 Memory corruption in Advantech WebAccess
- CVE-2020-12019 Memory corruption in WebAccess Node
Sources
Also known as GHSA-4mxp-7v27-7pqm.