CVE-2022-2950 Memory corruption in HyperView Player
Attacker can cause memory corruption and potential code execution by tricking a user into opening a malicious H3D file in Altair HyperView Player.
- 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-2022-2950?
CVE-2022-2950 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Altair HyperView Player, published on 13 Dec 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
Altair HyperView Player versions 2021.1.0.27 and prior are vulnerable to the use of uninitialized memory vulnerability during parsing of H3D files. A DWORD is extracted from an uninitialized buffer and, after sign extension, is used as an index into a stack variable to increment a counter leading to memory corruption.
Weakness: CWE-908
Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-2950?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Altair Hyperview Player.
How do I fix CVE-2022-2950?
No fix has been published for CVE-2022-2950 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.
Is CVE-2022-2950 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-2950 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Altair HyperView Player
Sources
Also known as GHSA-r68f-7gxp-fm56.