CVE-2022-41178 Memory corruption in SAP 3D Visual Enterprise Author

Medium 5.5 Published 11 Oct 2022 Updated 3 Aug 2024

Attackers can cause a denial of service in SAP 3D Visual Enterprise Author by tricking users into opening malicious IGES files.

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-2022-41178?

CVE-2022-41178 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in SAP 3D Visual Enterprise Author, published on 11 Oct 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

Due to lack of proper memory management, when a victim opens manipulated Iges Part and Assembly (.igs, .iges, CoreCadTranslator.exe) file received from untrusted sources in SAP 3D Visual Enterprise Author - version 9, it is possible for the application to crash and becomes temporarily unavailable to the user until restart of the application.

Weakness: CWE-119

Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-41178?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Sap 3d Visual Enterprise Author.

How do I fix CVE-2022-41178?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-41178 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-2022-41178 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-41178 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-2w48-6h97-465j.