# CVE-2021-42069: Memory corruption in SAP 3D Visual Enterprise Viewer

> An attacker can cause a denial of service by tricking a user into opening a malicious TIFF file in SAP 3D Visual Enterprise Viewer.

- **Severity:** Low 3.3 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L`)
- **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 available:** No
- **Published:** 14 Dec 2021
- **Updated:** 4 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-mch5-89c5-9g6p

## What is CVE-2021-42069?

CVE-2021-42069 is a low-severity memory corruption 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 manipulated Tagged Image File Format (.tif) 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-787 (Out-of-bounds Write)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-42069?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Sap 3d Visual Enterprise Viewer.

## How do I fix CVE-2021-42069?

No fix has been published for CVE-2021-42069 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2021-42069 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-42069 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Sap 3d Visual Enterprise Viewer

- [CVE-2022-41186](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-41186/): Memory corruption in SAP 3D Visual Enterprise Viewer (high 7.8)
- [CVE-2022-41187](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-41187/): Memory corruption in SAP 3D Visual Enterprise Viewer (high 7.8)
- [CVE-2022-41188](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-41188/): Memory corruption in SAP 3D Visual Enterprise Viewer (high 7.8)
- [CVE-2022-41189](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-41189/): Memory corruption in SAP 3D Visual Enterprise Viewer (high 7.8)
- [CVE-2022-41190](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-41190/): Memory corruption in SAP 3D Visual Enterprise Viewer (high 7.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2021-42069 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2021-42069 is a low-severity memory corruption 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.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-42069 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Sap 3d Visual Enterprise Viewer. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-42069/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-42069/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-42069
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-42069
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-42069

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-42069/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.