SAP 3D Visual Enterprise Author 9 PDF File PDFPublishing.dll memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability categorized as critical has been discovered in SAP 3D Visual Enterprise Author 9. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality in the library PDFPublishing.dll of the component PDF File Handler. Executing a manipulation can lead to memory corruption. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2022-41180. The attack may be launched remotely. There is no exploit available. It is best practice to apply a patch to resolve this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in SAP 3D Visual Enterprise Author 9 and classified as critical. This vulnerability affects an unknown functionality in the library PDFPublishing.dll of the component PDF File Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is 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. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Due to lack of proper memory management, when a victim opens a manipulated Portable Document Format (.pdf, PDFPublishing.dll) file received from untrusted sources in SAP 3D Visual Enterprise Author - version 9, it is possible that a Remote Code Execution can be triggered when payload forces a stack-based overflow or a re-use of dangling pointer which refers to overwritten space in memory.

The weakness was shared 10/12/2022. The advisory is available at launchpad.support.sap.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2022-41180 since 09/21/2022. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit. The structure of the vulnerability defines a possible price range of USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 02/25/2026).

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.0
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.9

VulDB Base Score: 6.3
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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
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Timelineinfo

09/21/2022 🔍
10/12/2022 +21 days 🔍
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02/25/2026 +1232 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: sap.com

Advisory: launchpad.support.sap.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2022-41180 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2022-41180
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-210694
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20150716

Entryinfo

Created: 10/12/2022 11:25
Updated: 02/25/2026 19:14
Changes: 10/12/2022 11:25 (40), 11/07/2022 08:52 (11), 02/25/2026 19:14 (16)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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