CVE-2016-8723: moxa awk-3131a_firmware NULL Pointer Dereference

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2016-8723 is a high (CVSS 7.8) NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability in moxa awk-3131a_firmware. EPSS estimates a 1.41% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 72.2% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.

Timeline

1. 13-04-2017
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 06-08-2024
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

An exploitable null pointer dereference exists in the Web Application functionality of Moxa AWK-3131A Wireless Access Point running firmware 1.1. Any HTTP GET request not preceded by an '/' will cause a segmentation fault in the web server. An attacker can send any of a multitude of potentially unexpected HTTP get requests to trigger this vulnerability.

• CWE-476NULL Pointer DereferenceThe product dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid but is NULL.