High severity7.5NVD Advisory· Published Apr 13, 2017· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2016-8723
CVE-2016-8723
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.
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Affected products
3- cpe:2.3:o:moxa:awk-3131a_firmware:1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- Range: 1.1
- Moxa/AWK-3131A Series Industrial IEEE 802.11a/b/g/n wireless AP/bridge/clientv5Range: 1.1
Patches
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References
1- www.talosintelligence.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0237/nvdExploitMitigationThird Party Advisory
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