CVE-2016-8723

HighCVSS 7.5/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 7.5/10CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-476

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
Moxa	AWK-3131A Series Industrial IEEE 802.11a/b/g/n wireless AP/bridge/client	1.1

References

http://www.talosintelligence.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0237/Exploit, Mitigation, Third Party Advisory
http://www.talosintelligence.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0237/Exploit, Mitigation, Third Party Advisory

Timeline

Published: Apr 13, 2017
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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