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Untrusted Pointer Dereference

CVE-2018-7497

High
9.8/10

Summary

In Advantech WebAccess versions V8.2_20170817 and prior, WebAccess versions V8.3.0 and prior, WebAccess Dashboard versions V.2.0.15 and prior, WebAccess Scada Node versions prior to 8.3.1, and WebAccess/NMS 2.0.3 and prior, several untrusted pointer dereference vulnerabilities have been identified, which may allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code.

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

CWE-822 - Untrusted Pointer Dereference

The program obtains a value from an untrusted source, converts this value to a pointer, and dereferences the resulting pointer.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published