Siemens Solid Edge SE2024/Solid Edge SE2025 PRT File Parser out-of-bounds write

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A vulnerability was found in Siemens Solid Edge SE2024 and Solid Edge SE2025. It has been classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component PRT File Parser. This manipulation causes out-of-bounds write. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2025-40809. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue.

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A vulnerability has been found in Siemens Solid Edge SE2024 and Solid Edge SE2025 (unknown version) and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code block of the component PRT File Parser. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a out-of-bounds write vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-787. The product writes data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

A vulnerability has been identified in Solid Edge SE2024 (All versions < V224.0 Update 14), Solid Edge SE2025 (All versions < V225.0 Update 6). The affected applications contains an out of bounds write vulnerability while parsing specially crafted PRT files. This could allow an attacker to crash the application or execute code in the context of the current process.

It is possible to read the advisory at cert-portal.siemens.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2025-40809 since 04/16/2025. 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 $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 10/18/2025).

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 270706 (Siemens Solid Edge Multiple Vulnerabilities (SSA-541582)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (270706). Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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• Siemens

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• Solid Edge SE2024
• Solid Edge SE2025

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• commercial

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• Vendor: https://www.siemens.com/

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