What is CVE-2016-4528?

CVE-2016-4528 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Advantech Webaccess, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 5.0/10. Published 2016-06-25.

How severe is CVE-2016-4528?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.0 out of 10.

Buffer overflow in Advantech Webaccess

CVE-2016-4528

Buffer overflow in Advantech WebAccess before 8.1_20160519 allows local users to cause a denial of service via a crafted DLL file.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

Published 2016-06-25 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.0 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.007 (50.3th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 50th percentile — 50.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.007 · newest: 0.007 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Advantech Webaccess

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

References

ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSA-16-173-01 (US Government Resource, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-4528?: CVE-2016-4528 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Advantech Webaccess, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 5.0/10. Published 2016-06-25.
How severe is CVE-2016-4528?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.0 out of 10.