Cyber Resilience

CVE-2022-42936

High

Published: 21 October 2022

Published
21 October 2022
Modified
07 May 2025
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 0.0022 44.1th percentile
Risk Priority 16 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2022-42936 is a high-severity Out-of-bounds Write (CWE-787) vulnerability in Autodesk Autocad. Its CVSS base score is 7.8 (High).

Operationally, ranked at the 44.1th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

A malicious crafted .dwf or .pct file when consumed through DesignReview.exe application could lead to memory corruption vulnerability by write access violation. This vulnerability in conjunction with other vulnerabilities could lead to code execution in the context of the current…

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process.

CWE(s)

Related Threats

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

Affected Assets

autodesk
autocad
2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023
autodesk
autocad advance steel
2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023
autodesk
autocad architecture
2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023
autodesk
autocad civil 3d
2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023
autodesk
autocad electrical
2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023
autodesk
autocad lt
2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023
autodesk
autocad map 3d
2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023
autodesk
autocad mechanical
2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023
autodesk
autocad mep
2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023
autodesk
autocad plant 3d
2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023
+1 more product configuration(s) — see NVD for full list

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-787

Out-of-bounds writes that corrupt control flow or inject shellcode are rendered non-executable by the same memory protections.

References