CVEvulnerability
CVE-2022-40638
7.8 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2022-09-15
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 7.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
- 7.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-416
Description
This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of Ansys SpaceClaim 2022 R1. User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability in that the target must visit a malicious page or open a malicious file. The specific flaw exists within the parsing of X_B files. The issue results from the lack of validating the existence of an object prior to performing operations on the object. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of the current process. Was ZDI-CAN-17102.
Affected configurations
• ansys spaceclaim 2022
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-416 Use After Free weakness
References
- https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-22-1194/ Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-22-1194/ Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry