What is CVE-2017-12705?

CVE-2017-12705 is a high-severity vulnerability in Advantech Webop, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2017-10-25.

How severe is CVE-2017-12705?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.

Buffer overflow in Advantech Webop

CVE-2017-12705

A Heap-Based Buffer Overflow issue was discovered in Advantech WebOP. A maliciously crafted project file may be able to trigger a heap-based buffer overflow, which may crash the process and allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

Published 2017-10-25 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.004 (36.4th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 36th percentile — 36.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Advantech Webop
Advantech Webop — versions Advantech WebOP

Weakness classification (CWE)

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

References

www.securityfocus.com/bid/99476 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSA-17-227-01 (US Government Resource, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, Mitigation, Issue Tracking)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-12705?: CVE-2017-12705 is a high-severity vulnerability in Advantech Webop, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2017-10-25.
How severe is CVE-2017-12705?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.