CVE-2021-40162
HIGH
7.8
CVSS Score
Published: October 7, 2022 at 12:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 04:06 AM UTC
19 products affected across 1 vendorAutoCADCivil 3DAutoCAD Electrical
Using Revit, Inventor, Infraworks, Navisworks, Fusion, Infrastructure Parts Editors, Autodesk Advanced Steel, Civil 3D, AutoCAD, AutoCAD LT, AutoCAD Architecture, AutoCAD Electrical, AutoCAD Map 3D, AutoCAD Mechanical, AutoCAD MEP, AutoCAD Plant 3D by N/A?
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Severity
HIGH7.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 1.0%
Description
A maliciously crafted TIF, PICT, TGA, or RLC files in Autodesk Image Processing component may be forced to read beyond allocated boundaries when parsing the TIFF, PICT, TGA, or RLC files. This vulnerability may be exploited to execute arbitrary code.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Affected range stops below 2019.1.4, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 2020.1.5, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 2021.1.2, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 2022.1.2, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 2019.1.4, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 2020.1.5, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 2021.1.2, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 2022.1.2, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 2019.1.4, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 2020.1.5, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 2021.1.2, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 2022.1.2, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 2019.1.4, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 2020.1.5, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 2021.1.2, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 2022.1.2, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
2019 ≤ v < 2019.1.42020 ≤ v < 2020.1.52020 ≤ v < 2020.3.22021 ≤ v < 2021.1.22021 ≤ v < 2021.2.22022 ≤ v < 2022.1.22022 ≤ v < 2022.2.22019202020212022
Affected range stops below 2019.1.4, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 2020.1.5, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 2020.3.2, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 2021.1.2, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 2021.2.2, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 2022.1.2, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 2022.2.2, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 2019.1.4, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 2020.1.5, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 2021.1.2, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 2022.1.2, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 2019.1.4, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 2020.1.5, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 2021.1.2, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 2022.1.2, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 2019.1.4, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 2020.1.5, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 2021.1.2, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 2022.1.2, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 2019.1.4, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 2020.1.5, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 2021.1.2, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 2022.1.2, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 2019.1.4, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 2020.1.5, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 2021.1.2, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 2022.1.2, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (1)
Vendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://www.autodesk.com/trust/security-advisories/adsk-sa-2021-0011CVSS
- Attack Vector
- LOCAL
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- NONE
- User Interaction
- REQUIRED
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- HIGH
- Integrity
- HIGH
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-125
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