Autodesk AutoCAD Image Processing buffer overflow

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Autodesk AutoCAD and classified as critical. Impacted is an unknown function of the component Image Processing. This manipulation causes buffer overflow. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2021-40162. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. No exploit is available. The affected component should be upgraded.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Autodesk AutoCAD (the affected version unknown) and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown part of the component Image Processing. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a buffer overflow vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-120. The product copies an input buffer to an output buffer without verifying that the size of the input buffer is less than the size of the output buffer, leading to a buffer overflow. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

A maliciously crafted TIF, PICT, TGA, or RLC files in Autodesk Image Processing component may be forced to read beyond allocated boundaries when parsing the TIFF, PICT, TGA, or RLC files. This vulnerability may be exploited to execute arbitrary code.

The weakness was published 10/08/2022. The advisory is shared at autodesk.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2021-40162 since 08/27/2021. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

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

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Class: Buffer overflow
CWE: CWE-120 / CWE-119
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: Yes

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: autodesk.com

Timelineinfo

08/27/2021 🔍
10/08/2022 +407 days 🔍
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02/05/2026 +1216 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: autodesk.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2021-40162 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2021-40162
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-210325

Entryinfo

Created: 10/08/2022 08:59
Updated: 02/05/2026 09:58
Changes: 10/08/2022 08:59 (35), 10/08/2022 09:02 (2), 10/31/2022 10:17 (11), 02/05/2026 09:55 (1), 02/05/2026 09:56 (1), 02/05/2026 09:58 (19)
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Committer: lywand
Cache ID: 216::103

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