Autodesk Design Review up to 2018 DWF File memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Autodesk Design Review 2011/2012/2013/2017/2018 and classified as critical. This impacts an unknown function of the component DWF File Handler. Performing a manipulation results in memory corruption. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2021-40167. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists. The affected component should be upgraded.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Autodesk Design Review 2011/2012/2013/2017/2018 (Feedback Software). It has been classified as critical. This affects an unknown part of the component DWF File Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The weakness was disclosed 01/26/2022 as adsk-sa-2022-0004. It is possible to read the advisory at autodesk.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2021-40167 since 08/27/2021. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. The upgrade is hosted for download at autodesk.com.

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VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.0

VulDB Base Score: 6.3
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: autodesk.com

Timelineinfo

08/27/2021 🔍
01/26/2022 +152 days 🔍
01/26/2022 +0 days 🔍
02/05/2026 +1471 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: adsk-sa-2022-0004
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2021-40167 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2021-40167
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-191607

Entryinfo

Created: 01/26/2022 07:31
Updated: 02/05/2026 10:00
Changes: 01/26/2022 07:31 (39), 01/28/2022 14:56 (1), 02/05/2026 09:57 (2), 02/05/2026 10:00 (18)
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Committer: lywand
Cache ID: 216::103

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