CVE-2022-25789 Use after free in Autodesk Advanced Steel, Civil 3D, AutoCAD, AutoCAD LT, AutoCAD Architecture, AutoCAD Electrical, AutoCAD Map 3D, AutoCAD Mechanical, AutoCAD MEP, AutoCAD Plant 3D
Attackers can execute arbitrary code by tricking users into opening maliciously crafted DWF, 3DS, or DWFX files in Autodesk CAD applications.
- 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-2022-25789?
CVE-2022-25789 is a high-severity use after free vulnerability in Autodesk Advance Steel, published on 11 Apr 2022. 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
A maliciously crafted DWF, 3DS and DWFX files in Autodesk AutoCAD 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019 can be used to trigger use-after-free vulnerability. Exploitation of this vulnerability may lead to code execution.
Weakness: CWE-416
Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-25789?
It affects 10 products.
Products include Autodesk Advance Steel, Autodesk Autocad, Autodesk Autocad Architecture, Autodesk Autocad Electrical, Autodesk Autocad Lt, Autodesk Autocad Map 3d and 4 more.
How do I fix CVE-2022-25789?
No fix has been published for CVE-2022-25789 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade to the fixed version. These bugs are found with fuzzing and sanitisers and avoided by memory-safe languages. More about Use after free.
Is CVE-2022-25789 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-25789 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Autodesk Advance Steel
- CVE-2026-7406 BMP File Parsing Untrusted Pointer Dereference in certain Autodesk products
- CVE-2026-16463 DXF File Parsing Heap-Based Overflow in Autodesk AutoCAD
- CVE-2025-8893 PDF File Parsing Out-of-Bounds Write Vulnerability
- CVE-2025-8894 PDF File Parsing Heap-Based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
- CVE-2025-5046 DGN File Parsing Out-of-Bounds Read Vulnerability
Sources
Also known as GHSA-566j-hpf5-562p.