CVE-2021-27588 Denial of service in SAP 3D Visual Enterprise Viewer

Medium 4.3 Published 9 Mar 2021 Updated 3 Aug 2024

Attackers can cause a denial of service by tricking users into opening malicious HPGL files in SAP 3D Visual Enterprise Viewer.

Exploited in the wild: Not known
Login needed: Not needed
Attackable: Over the internet
Victim action needed: A user has to click or open something
Fix: None listed

What is CVE-2021-27588?

CVE-2021-27588 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Sap 3d Visual Enterprise Viewer, published on 9 Mar 2021. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

When a user opens manipulated HPGL format files received from untrusted sources in SAP 3D Visual Enterprise Viewer version 9, the application crashes and becomes temporarily unavailable to the user until restart of the application.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-27588?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Sap 3d Visual Enterprise Viewer.

How do I fix CVE-2021-27588?

No fix has been published for CVE-2021-27588 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.

Is CVE-2021-27588 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-27588 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

Also known as GHSA-9g89-rg2x-xqpw.