CVE-2019-5153 Memory corruption in Moxa
A low-privilege authenticated attacker can trigger a buffer overflow in the Moxa AWK-3131A firmware to achieve remote code execution.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2019-5153?
CVE-2019-5153 is a critical memory corruption vulnerability in Moxa, published on 25 Feb 2020. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
An exploitable remote code execution vulnerability exists in the iw_webs configuration parsing functionality of the Moxa AWK-3131A firmware version 1.13. A specially crafted user name entry can cause an overflow of an error message buffer, resulting in remote code execution. An attacker can send commands while authenticated as a low privilege user to trigger this vulnerability.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-5153?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Moxa Awk-3131a Firmware.
How do I fix CVE-2019-5153?
No fix has been published for CVE-2019-5153 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-2019-5153 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-5153 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Moxa
Sources
Also known as GHSA-rx2c-347v-f3f4.