CVE-2021-27043

HIGH
7.8
CVSS Score
Published: June 25, 2021 at 12:41 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 03:44 AM UTC
11 products affected across 1 vendorAutoCADAutoCAD ElectricalCivil 3D

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Severity
HIGH7.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.9%

Description

An Arbitrary Address Write issue in the Autodesk DWG application can allow a malicious user to leverage the application to write in unexpected paths. In order to exploit this the attacker would need the victim to enable full page heap in the application.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

2019 ≤ v < 2019.1.32020 ≤ v < 2020.1.42021 ≤ v < 2021.1.12022 ≤ v < 2022.0.12022.1.1
Affected range stops below 2019.1.3, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 2020.1.4, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 2021.1.1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 2022.0.1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
2019 ≤ v < 2019.1.32020 ≤ v < 2020.1.42021 ≤ v < 2021.1.12022 ≤ v < 2022.0.12022.1.1
Affected range stops below 2019.1.3, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 2020.1.4, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 2021.1.1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 2022.0.1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
2019 ≤ v < 2019.1.32020 ≤ v < 2020.1.42021 ≤ v < 2021.1.12022 ≤ v ≤ 2022.0.12022.1.1
Affected range stops below 2019.1.3, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 2020.1.4, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 2021.1.1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
2019 ≤ v < 2019.1.32020 ≤ v < 2020.1.42021 ≤ v < 2021.1.12022 ≤ v < 2022.0.12022.1.1
Affected range stops below 2019.1.3, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 2020.1.4, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 2021.1.1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 2022.0.1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
2019 ≤ v < 2019.1.32020 ≤ v < 2020.1.42021 ≤ v < 2021.1.12022 ≤ v < 2022.0.12022.1.1
Affected range stops below 2019.1.3, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 2020.1.4, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 2021.1.1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 2022.0.1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
2019 ≤ v < 2019.1.32020 ≤ v < 2020.1.42021 ≤ v < 2021.1.12022 ≤ v < 2022.0.12022.1.1
Affected range stops below 2019.1.3, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 2020.1.4, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 2021.1.1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 2022.0.1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
2019 ≤ v < 2019.1.32020 ≤ v < 2020.1.42021 ≤ v < 2021.1.12022 ≤ v < 2022.0.12022.1.1
Affected range stops below 2019.1.3, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 2020.1.4, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 2021.1.1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 2022.0.1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
2019 ≤ v < 2019.1.32020 ≤ v < 2020.1.42021 ≤ v < 2021.1.12022 ≤ v < 2022.0.12022.1.1
Affected range stops below 2019.1.3, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 2020.1.4, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 2021.1.1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 2022.0.1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
2019 ≤ v < 2019.1.32020 ≤ v < 2020.1.42021 ≤ v < 2021.1.12022 ≤ v < 2022.0.12022.1.1
Affected range stops below 2019.1.3, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 2020.1.4, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 2021.1.1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 2022.0.1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
2019 ≤ v < 2019.1.32020 ≤ v < 2020.1.42021 ≤ v < 2021.1.12022 ≤ v < 2022.0.12022.1.1
Affected range stops below 2019.1.3, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 2020.1.4, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 2021.1.1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 2022.0.1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

CVSS

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-787

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