Buffer overflow in Autodesk products - CVE-2022-42940

 

Buffer overflow in Autodesk products - CVE-2022-42940

Published: December 20, 2022


Vulnerability identifier: #VU70455
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4: 8.4 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2022-42940
CWE-ID: CWE-119
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error when processing TGA files. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted file, trick the victim into opening it, trigger memory corruption and execute arbitrary code on the target system.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.


Affected software

Autodesk Design Review
Advance Steel
Autodesk Civil 3D
AutoCAD LT
AutoCAD Plant 3D
AutoCAD MEP
AutoCAD Mechanical
AutoCAD Map 3D
AutoCAD Electrical
AutoCAD Architecture
Infrastructure Parts Editor
AutoCAD for Mac LT
AutoCAD Mac
Revit
DWG Trueview
Storm and Sanitary Analysis (SSA)
Autodesk AutoCAD
Autodesk Inventor

How to mitigate CVE-2022-42940

Install updates from vendor's website.

Autodesk Design Review - update to 2018 Hotfix 7
Advance Steel - addressed in versions 2020.1.6, 2021.1.3, 2022.1.3, 2023.1.1
Autodesk Civil 3D - addressed in versions 2020.1.6, 2021.1.3, 2022.1.3, 2023.1.1
AutoCAD LT - addressed in versions 2020.1.6, 2021.1.3, 2022.1.3, 2023.1.1
AutoCAD Plant 3D - addressed in versions 2020.1.6, 2021.1.3, 2022.1.3, 2023.1.1
AutoCAD MEP - addressed in versions 2020.1.6, 2021.1.3, 2022.1.3, 2023.1.1
AutoCAD Mechanical - addressed in versions 2020.1.6, 2021.1.3, 2022.1.3, 2023.1.1
AutoCAD Map 3D - addressed in versions 2020.1.6, 2021.1.3, 2022.1.3, 2023.1.1
AutoCAD Electrical - addressed in versions 2020.1.6, 2021.1.3, 2022.1.3, 2023.1.1
AutoCAD Architecture - addressed in versions 2020.1.6, 2021.1.3, 2022.1.3, 2023.1.1
Autodesk AutoCAD - addressed in versions 2020.1.6, 2021.1.3, 2022.1.3, 2023.1.1
Infrastructure Parts Editor - addressed in versions 2020.0.4, 2021.0.3, 2022.0.3, 2023.0.1
AutoCAD for Mac LT - addressed in versions 2021.3, 2022.3, 2023.2
AutoCAD Mac - addressed in versions 2021.3, 2022.3, 2023.2
Autodesk Inventor - addressed in versions 2022.4, 2023.2
Revit - update to 2023.1
DWG Trueview - addressed in versions 2020.1.6, 2021.1.3, 2022.1.3, 2023.1.1
Storm and Sanitary Analysis (SSA) - addressed in versions 2020.3.3, 2021.3.3, 2022.0.3, 2023.0.2

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