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.

Published 2018-01-05 · last modified 2026-06-17.

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.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.021 (80.7th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 81st percentile — 80.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.021 · newest: 0.021 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Advantech Webaccess
Advantech Webaccess — versions Advantech WebAccess

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

www.securityfocus.com/bid/102424 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSA-18-004-02 (US Government Resource, Third Party Advisory, 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.