CVE-2022-39147 Memory corruption in Parasolid V33.1

High 7.8 Published Updated

An attacker can execute arbitrary code by tricking a user into opening a specially crafted X_T file in Siemens Parasolid or Simcenter Femap.

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-2022-39147?

CVE-2022-39147 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Siemens Parasolid, published on 13 Sep 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 vulnerability has been identified in Parasolid V33.1 (All versions < V33.1.262), Parasolid V33.1 (All versions >= V33.1.262 < V33.1.263), Parasolid V34.0 (All versions < V34.0.252), Parasolid V34.1 (All versions < V34.1.242), Parasolid V35.0 (All versions < V35.0.161), Parasolid V35.0 (All versions >= V35.0.161 < V35.0.164), Simcenter Femap V2022.1 (All versions < V2022.1.3), Simcenter Femap V2022.2 (All versions < V2022.2.2). The affected application is vulnerable to uninitialized pointer access while parsing specially crafted X_T files. An attacker could leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of the current process. (ZDI-CAN-17506)

Weakness: CWE-824

Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-39147?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Siemens Parasolid, Siemens Simcenter Femap.

How do I fix CVE-2022-39147?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-39147 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-2022-39147 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-39147 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

Also known as GHSA-w77w-253g-c7qp.

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