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CVE-2017-12704

• Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2017-08-30 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-122

Description

A heap-based buffer overflow issue was discovered in Advantech WebAccess versions prior to V8.2_20170817. Researchers have identified multiple vulnerabilities where there is a lack of proper validation of the length of user-supplied data prior to copying it to the heap-based buffer, which could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code under the context of the process.

Affected products

• Advantech WebAccess: through 8.2

References

• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100526
• https://ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSA-17-241-02
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100526
• https://ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSA-17-241-02

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