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Heap-based Buffer Overflow

CVE-2017-16717

High
8.6/10

Summary

A Heap-based Buffer Overflow issue was discovered in WECON LeviStudio HMI. The heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability has been identified, which may allow remote code execution.

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  • NETWORK
  • LOW
  • UNCHANGED
  • NONE
  • NONE
  • LOW
  • HIGH

CWE-122 - Heap-based Buffer Overflow

A heap overflow condition is a buffer overflow, where the buffer that can be overwritten is allocated in the heap portion of memory, generally meaning that the buffer was allocated using a routine such as malloc().

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published