CVE-2018-7525 Null dereference in Omron CX-Supervisor

Medium 5.3 Published Updated

A malformed packet can cause an untrusted pointer dereference in Omron CX-Supervisor, potentially leading to a denial of service.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Any signed-in user
Attackable
Local or same network only
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2018-7525?

CVE-2018-7525 is a medium-severity vulnerability in ICS-CERT Omron CX-Supervisor, published on 21 Mar 2018. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

In Omron CX-Supervisor Versions 3.30 and prior, processing a malformed packet by a certain executable may cause an untrusted pointer dereference vulnerability.

Weakness: CWE-476, CWE-822

Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-7525?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Omron Cx-Supervisor.

How do I fix CVE-2018-7525?

No fix has been published for CVE-2018-7525 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2018-7525 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-7525 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-f975-788f-chx9.

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