Siemens Teamcenter Visualization WRL File stack-based overflow

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A vulnerability was found in Siemens Teamcenter Visualization and Tecnomatix Plant Simulation. It has been rated as critical. Affected is an unknown function of the component WRL File Handler. This manipulation causes stack-based overflow. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2024-53041. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. There is no exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

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A vulnerability was found in Siemens Teamcenter Visualization and Tecnomatix Plant Simulation (version unknown). It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown function of the component WRL File Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a stack-based overflow vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-121. A stack-based buffer overflow condition is a condition where the buffer being overwritten is allocated on the stack (i.e., is a local variable or, rarely, a parameter to a function). As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

A vulnerability has been identified in Teamcenter Visualization V14.2 (All versions < V14.2.0.14), Teamcenter Visualization V14.3 (All versions < V14.3.0.12), Teamcenter Visualization V2312 (All versions < V2312.0008), Tecnomatix Plant Simulation V2302 (All versions < V2302.0016), Tecnomatix Plant Simulation V2404 (All versions < V2404.0005). The affected applications contain a stack based overflow vulnerability while parsing specially crafted WRL files. This could allow an attacker to execute code in the context of the current process. (ZDI-CAN-25000)

It is possible to read the advisory at cert-portal.siemens.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2024-53041 since 11/19/2024. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 09/25/2025).

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• SCADA Software

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• Siemens

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• Teamcenter Visualization
• Tecnomatix Plant Simulation

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• commercial

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• Vendor: https://www.siemens.com/

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