CVE-2021-42068 Denial of service in SAP 3D Visual Enterprise Viewer

Low 3.3 Published 14 Dec 2021 Updated 4 Aug 2024

Opening a manipulated GIF file in SAP 3D Visual Enterprise Viewer causes the application to crash, resulting in a denial of service.

Exploited in the wild: Not known
Login needed: Not needed
Attackable: Local or same network only
Victim action needed: A user has to click or open something
Fix: None listed

What is CVE-2021-42068?

CVE-2021-42068 is a low-severity denial of service vulnerability in Sap 3d Visual Enterprise Viewer, published on 14 Dec 2021. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

When a user opens a manipulated GIF (.gif) file received from untrusted sources in SAP 3D Visual Enterprise Viewer - version 9.0, the application crashes and becomes temporarily unavailable to the user until restart of the application.

Weakness: CWE-20

Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-42068?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Sap 3d Visual Enterprise Viewer.

How do I fix CVE-2021-42068?

No fix has been published for CVE-2021-42068 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-2021-42068 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-42068 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

Also known as GHSA-4xc7-pr98-5x4c.