CVE-2019-3951 Memory corruption in Advantech WebAccess/SCADA

Critical 9.8 Published Updated

Unauthenticated remote attackers can execute arbitrary code or cause denial of service via stack-based buffer overflow in Advantech WebAccess SCADA.

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-2019-3951?

CVE-2019-3951 is a critical memory corruption vulnerability in Advantech Webaccess, published on 12 Dec 2019. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Advantech WebAccess before 8.4.3 allows unauthenticated remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) due to a stack-based buffer overflow when handling IOCTL 70533 RPC messages.

Weakness: CWE-787, CWE-121

Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-3951?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Advantech Webaccess.

How do I fix CVE-2019-3951?

No fix has been published for CVE-2019-3951 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.

Is CVE-2019-3951 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-3951 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Advantech Webaccess vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-2m64-whjh-g4f5.

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