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CVE-2016-8723

HIGH
Published 2017-04-13T19:00:00
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CVSS Score

V3.0
7.5
/10
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Base Score Metrics
Exploitability: N/A Impact: N/A

EPSS Score

v2025.03.14
0.004
probability
of exploitation in the wild

There is a 0.4% chance that this vulnerability will be exploited in the wild within the next 30 days.

Updated: 2025-06-25
Exploit Probability
Percentile: 0.625
Higher than 62.5% of all CVEs

Attack Vector Metrics

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED

Impact Metrics

Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
HIGH

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.

Available Exploits

No exploits available for this CVE.

Related News

No news articles found for this CVE.

Affected Products

Moxa

AWK-3131A Series Industrial IEEE 802.11a/b/g/n wireless AP/bridge/client

Affected Versions:

1.1

GitHub Security Advisories

Community-driven vulnerability intelligence from GitHub

⚠ Unreviewed HIGH

GHSA-29hm-xg54-5w5x

Advisory Details

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.

CVSS Scoring

CVSS Score

7.5

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References

ADVISORY https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-8723
WEB http://www.talosintelligence.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0237

Advisory provided by GitHub Security Advisory Database. Published: May 13, 2022, Modified: April 20, 2025

References

http://www.talosintelligence.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0237/
Published: 2017-04-13T19:00:00
Last Modified: 2024-08-06T02:27:41.258Z
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