CVE-2021-46699

HIGH
7.8
CVSS Score
Published: February 22, 2022 at 05:52 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 04:15 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorSimcenter Femap

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Severity
HIGH7.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 1%

Description

A vulnerability has been identified in Simcenter Femap (All versions < V2022.1.1). Affected application contains a stack based buffer overflow vulnerability while parsing specially crafted BDF files. This could allow an attacker to execute code in the context of the current process. (ZDI-CAN-15061)

Affected

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

Affected range stops below 2022.1.1, 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:

References (2)

x_refsource_MISCMitigationPatchVendor Advisory
https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-949188.pdf
x_refsource_MISCThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-22-509/

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-121CWE-787

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