Cyber Resilience

CVE-2022-25789

High

Published: 11 April 2022

Published
11 April 2022
Modified
21 November 2024
KEV Added
Patch
CVSS Score v3.1 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0068 72.0th percentile
Risk Priority 16 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2022-25789 is a high-severity Use After Free (CWE-416) vulnerability in Autodesk Autocad. Its CVSS base score is 7.8 (High).

Operationally, ranked in the top 28.0% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

A maliciously crafted DWF, 3DS and DWFX files in Autodesk AutoCAD 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019 can be used to trigger use-after-free vulnerability. Exploitation of this vulnerability may lead to code execution.

CWE(s)

Related Threats

No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.

Affected Assets

autodesk
advance steel
2019 — 2019.1.4 · 2020 — 2020.1.5 · 2021 — 2021.1.2
autodesk
autocad
2019 — 2019.1.4 · 2020 — 2020.1.5 · 2021 — 2021.1.2
autodesk
autocad architecture
2019 — 2019.1.4 · 2020 — 2020.1.5 · 2021 — 2021.1.2
autodesk
autocad electrical
2019 — 2019.1.4 · 2020 — 2020.1.5 · 2021 — 2021.1.2
autodesk
autocad lt
2019 — 2019.1.4 · 2020 — 2020.1.5 · 2021 — 2021.1.2
autodesk
autocad map 3d
2019 — 2019.1.4 · 2020 — 2020.1.5 · 2021 — 2021.1.2
autodesk
autocad mechanical
2019 — 2019.1.4 · 2020 — 2020.1.5 · 2021 — 2021.1.2
autodesk
autocad mep
2019 — 2019.1.4 · 2020 — 2020.1.5 · 2021 — 2021.1.2
autodesk
autocad plant 3d
2019 — 2019.1.4 · 2020 — 2020.1.5 · 2021 — 2021.1.2
autodesk
civil 3d
2019 — 2019.1.4 · 2020 — 2020.1.5 · 2021 — 2021.1.2

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.

addresses: CWE-416

Use-after-free exploits that achieve arbitrary code execution are blocked or significantly hardened by non-executable pages and ASLR.

References