PT-2023-6113 · Ansys · Ansys Spaceclaim

Published 2023-10-04 · Updated 2025-08-18 · CVE-2023-42131

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.8

High

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Ansys SpaceClaim (affected versions not specified)

Description This issue allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of Ansys SpaceClaim. It requires user interaction, where the target must visit a malicious page or open a malicious file. The flaw exists within the parsing of X B files due to the lack of proper validation of user-supplied data, resulting in a write past the end of an allocated data structure. An attacker can leverage this to execute code in the context of the current process.

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

RCE

Memory Corruption

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-787

Related Identifiers

BDU:2023-06818

CVE-2023-42131

ZDI-23-1498

Affected Products

Ansys Spaceclaim

References · 9

• https://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-23-1498 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-42131 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2023-06818 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-42131 · Security Note
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1786770987951837422 · Twitter Post
• https://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-CAN-17827 · Note
• https://vuldb.com/?id.241370 · Note
• https://cybersecurity-help.cz/vdb/SB2023100617 · Note
• https://t.me/cveNotify/132673 · Telegram Post