PT-2021-3583 · Autodesk · Autodesk Autocad

Mat Powell · Published 2021-01-21 · Updated 2022-05-13 · CVE-2021-27040

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

6.8

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Autodesk AutoCAD (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue is related to a buffer overflow when parsing DWG files, which can allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code using a specially crafted DWG file. This can be exploited by forcing the program to read beyond allocated boundaries when parsing the DWG file.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Memory Corruption

Out of bounds Read

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-787

CWE-125

Related Identifiers

BDU:2021-03685

CVE-2021-27040

ZDI-21-1236

ZDI-21-1238

ZDI-21-706

ZDI-21-707

ZDI-21-708

ZDI-21-709

ZDI-21-710

ZDI-21-711

ZDI-21-712

ZDI-22-378

ZDI-22-473

Affected Products

Autodesk Autocad

References · 16

• https://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-21-1238 · Security Note
• https://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-22-378 · Security Note
• https://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-21-708 · Security Note
• https://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-21-1236 · Security Note
• https://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-21-710 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2021-03685 · Security Note
• https://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-22-473 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-27040 · Security Note
• https://autodesk.com/trust/security-advisories/adsk-sa-2021-0004 · Vendor Advisory
• https://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-21-709 · Security Note
• https://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-21-707 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-27040 · Vendor Advisory
• https://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-21-711 · Security Note
• https://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-21-712 · Security Note
• https://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-21-706 · Security Note