Siemens Simcenter Femap V2406/Simcenter Femap V2412 BMP File Parser out-of-bounds

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Siemens Simcenter Femap V2406 and Simcenter Femap V2412. It has been classified as critical. This affects an unknown part of the component BMP File Parser. The manipulation leads to out-of-bounds. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2025-40764. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Siemens Simcenter Femap V2406 and Simcenter Femap V2412 (unknown version) and classified as critical. This issue affects an unknown code block of the component BMP File Parser. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a out-of-bounds vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-125. The product reads data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

A vulnerability has been identified in Simcenter Femap V2406 (All versions < V2406.0003), Simcenter Femap V2412 (All versions < V2412.0002). The affected applications contains an out of bounds read vulnerability while parsing specially crafted BMP files. This could allow an attacker to execute code in the context of the current process.

The advisory is shared at cert-portal.siemens.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2025-40764 since 04/16/2025. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 08/21/2025).

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

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Class: Out-of-bounds
CWE: CWE-125 / CWE-119
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: Yes

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Timelineinfo

04/16/2025 CVE reserved
08/12/2025 +118 days Advisory disclosed
08/12/2025 +0 days VulDB entry created
08/21/2025 +9 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: siemens.com

Advisory: ssa-674084
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2025-40764 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2025-40764
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-319541

Entryinfo

Created: 08/12/2025 14:00
Updated: 08/21/2025 05:26
Changes: 08/12/2025 14:00 (75), 08/21/2025 05:26 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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