An Untrusted Pointer Dereference issue was discovered in Advantech WebAccess versions prior to V8.2_20170817. A remote attacker is able to execute code to dereference a pointer within the program causing the application to become unavailable.
The product obtains a value from an untrusted source, converts this value to a pointer, and dereferences the resulting pointer.
| Name | Vendor | Start Version | End Version |
|---|---|---|---|
| Webaccess | Advantech | * | 8.2_20170817 (excluding) |
An attacker can supply a pointer for memory locations that the product is not expecting. If the pointer is dereferenced for a write operation, the attack might allow modification of critical state variables, cause a crash, or execute code. If the dereferencing operation is for a read, then the attack might allow reading of sensitive data, cause a crash, or set a variable to an unexpected value (since the value will be read from an unexpected memory location). There are several variants of this weakness, including but not necessarily limited to: