NULL pointer dereference in Siemens products - CVE-2021-25176
Published: February 11, 2021
Vulnerability identifier: #VU50636
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber
CVE-ID: CVE-2021-25176
CWE-ID: CWE-476
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Open Design Alliance
Siemens
Siemens
Affected software:
Drawings SDK
Teamcenter Visualization
JT2Go
Drawings SDK
Teamcenter Visualization
JT2Go
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system.
The vulnerability exists due to a NULL pointer dereference error when rendering malformed DXF and DWG files. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted data to the application and execute arbitrary code on the target system.
How to mitigate CVE-2021-25176
Install update from vendor's website.