7.5

CVE-2017-16728: advantech webaccess Untrusted Pointer Dereference

Modified
Published 05-01-2018Last modified 05-08-2024

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2017-16728 is a high (CVSS 7.5) Untrusted Pointer Dereference vulnerability in advantech webaccess. EPSS estimates a 2.08% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 81.3% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
30/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.5/10
010
High · v3.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
2.08%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 05-01-2018
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 05-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

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.

CVSS metrics

2 scores · 1 source · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

2.08%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

81%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 2.08% on 22-09-2026

22-09-202622-10-2026

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Advantech1 product

1 vendor · 1 product

References

2 links