Siemens Solid Edge up to 224.0 Update 4 PAR File heap-based overflow

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A vulnerability labeled as critical has been found in Siemens Solid Edge up to 224.0 Update 4. Impacted is an unknown function of the component PAR File Handler. Executing a manipulation can lead to heap-based overflow. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2024-33489. The attack may be performed from remote. There is no available exploit. It is advisable to implement a patch to correct this issue.

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A vulnerability was found in Siemens Solid Edge up to 224.0 Update 4. It has been declared as critical. This vulnerability affects an unknown part of the component PAR File Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a heap-based overflow vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-122. A heap overflow condition is a buffer overflow, where the buffer that can be overwritten is allocated in the heap portion of memory, generally meaning that the buffer was allocated using a routine such as malloc(). As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

A vulnerability has been identified in Solid Edge (All versions < V224.0 Update 5). The affected application is vulnerable to heap-based buffer overflow while parsing specially crafted PAR files. This could allow an attacker to execute code in the context of the current process.

The advisory is shared for download at cert-portal.siemens.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2024-33489 since 04/23/2024. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $5k-$25k (estimation calculated on 05/14/2024).

Applying the patch 224.0 Update 5 is able to eliminate this problem.

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• Siemens

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• Solid Edge

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• 224.0 Update 4

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• commercial

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• Vendor: https://www.siemens.com/

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