Insufficiently protected credentials in ModelSim Simulation and Questa Simulation - CVE-2021-42023

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Insufficiently protected credentials in ModelSim Simulation and Questa Simulation - CVE-2021-42023

Published: January 5, 2022


Vulnerability identifier: #VU59231
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 8.5 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2021-42023
CWE-ID: CWE-522
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a local attacker to compromise the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficiently protected keys required for decrypting intellectual property data. A local attacker can discover the keys and bypass the protection.


Affected software

ModelSim Simulation
Questa Simulation

How to mitigate CVE-2021-42023

Install updates from vendor's website.


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