What is CVE-2017-16728?

CVE-2017-16728 is a high-severity vulnerability in Advantech Webaccess, classified under Untrusted Pointer Dereference. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2018-01-05.

How severe is CVE-2017-16728?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

NULL pointer dereference in Advantech Webaccess

CVE-2017-16728

An Untrusted Pointer Dereference issue was discovered in Advantech WebAccess versions prior to 8.3. There are multiple vulnerabilities that may allow an attacker to cause the program to use an invalid memory address, resulting in a program crash.

EPSS: 0.021 (79.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Advantech Webaccess
N/a Advantech Webaccess — versions Advantech WebAccess

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

ics-cert@hq.dhs.gov (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
ics-cert@hq.dhs.gov (US Government Resource, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC, Broken Link)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-16728?: CVE-2017-16728 is a high-severity vulnerability in Advantech Webaccess, classified under Untrusted Pointer Dereference. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2018-01-05.
How severe is CVE-2017-16728?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.