CVE-2021-46161
Published: 09 February 2022
Summary
CVE-2021-46161 is a high-severity Out-of-bounds Write (CWE-787) vulnerability in Siemens Simcenter Femap. Its CVSS base score is 7.8 (High).
Operationally, ranked in the top 38.6% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2021-32861
Vulnerability details
A vulnerability has been identified in Simcenter Femap V2020.2 (All versions), Simcenter Femap V2021.1 (All versions). Affected application contains an out of bounds write past the end of an allocated structure while parsing specially crafted NEU files. This could allow…
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an attacker to execute code in the context of the current process. (ZDI-CAN-15302)
- CWE(s)
Related Threats
No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.
Affected Assets
Mitigating Controls
Likely Mitigating Controls AI
Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.
Out-of-bounds writes that corrupt control flow or inject shellcode are rendered non-executable by the same memory protections.