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

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A vulnerability categorized as critical has been discovered in Siemens Solid Edge SE2024 and Solid Edge SE2025. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component PRT File Parser. Executing a manipulation can lead to out-of-bounds. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2025-40812. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. No exploit is available. A patch should be applied to remediate this issue.

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A vulnerability was found in Siemens Solid Edge SE2024 and Solid Edge SE2025 (affected version unknown). It has been declared as critical. This vulnerability affects an unknown functionality of the component PRT File Parser. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a out-of-bounds vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-125. The product reads data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

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 read 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.

The advisory is available at cert-portal.siemens.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2025-40812 since 04/16/2025. 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. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. The structure of the vulnerability defines a possible price range of 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). If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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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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