PT-2021-21552 · Siemens · Simcenter Femap

Xina1I · Published 2021-09-14 · Updated 2021-09-23 · CVE-2021-37176

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

4.3

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Simcenter Femap V2020.2 (All versions) Simcenter Femap V2021.1 (All versions)

Description A vulnerability has been identified in the femap.exe application, which lacks proper validation of user-supplied data when parsing modfem files. This could result in an out of bounds read past the end of an allocated buffer. An attacker could leverage this vulnerability to leak information in the context of the current process.

Recommendations For Simcenter Femap V2020.2, update to a version that includes the fix for this issue. For Simcenter Femap V2021.1, update to a version that includes the fix for this issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting the use of modfem files until a patch is available.

Fix

Out of bounds Read

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-125

Related Identifiers

CVE-2021-37176

ZDI-21-1073

Affected Products

Simcenter Femap

References · 4

• https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-997732.pdf · Vendor Advisory
• https://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-21-1073 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-37176 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-37176 · Security Note