Cyber Resilience

CVE-2023-38524

Memory Safety in Siemens Parasolid 34.1 – 34.1.258

Memory Safety
Published
08 August 2023
Modified
21 November 2024
Patch / advisory
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CVSS Score v4 2.0
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Raw vectorCVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
EPSS Score 0.0020 11th percentile
Risk Priority 15 floored blend · peak EPSS

Summary

CVE-2023-38524 is a low-severity NULL Pointer Dereference (CWE-476) vulnerability in Siemens Parasolid. Its CVSS base score is 2.0 (Low).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Endpoint Denial of Service (T1499); ranked at the 11th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

OWASP Top 10 for Web (2025)

A10:2025 Mishandling of Exceptional Conditions

EU & UK References

Vulnerability Data

A vulnerability has been identified in Parasolid V34.1 (All versions < V34.1.258), Parasolid V35.0 (All versions < V35.0.254), Parasolid V35.1 (All versions < V35.1.171), Teamcenter Visualization V14.1 (All versions < V14.1.0.11), Teamcenter Visualization V14.2 (All versions < V14.2.0.6), Teamcenter Visualization…

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V14.3 (All versions < V14.3.0.3). The affected applications contain null pointer dereference while parsing specially crafted X_T files. This could allow an attacker to execute code in the context of the current process.

CWE(s)
CWE-476

Related Threats

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise Techniques

T1499 Endpoint Denial of Service Impact
Adversaries may perform Endpoint Denial of Service (DoS) attacks to degrade or block the availability of services to users.
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T1499.004 Application or System Exploitation Impact
Adversaries may exploit software vulnerabilities that can cause an application or system to crash and deny availability to users.
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T1489 Service Stop Impact
Adversaries may stop or disable services on a system to render those services unavailable to legitimate users.
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Derived from this CVE’s CWE(s) via the direct CWE→ATT&CK cross-walk.

CVEs Like This One

CVE-2024-32637Same product: Siemens Parasolid
CVE-2024-22043Same product: Siemens Parasolid
CVE-2023-33121Same product: Siemens Teamcenter Visualization
CVE-2023-51744Same product: Siemens Teamcenter Visualization
CVE-2023-38532Same product: Siemens Parasolid
CVE-2023-38525Same product: Siemens Parasolid
CVE-2024-45476Same vendor: Siemens
CVE-2023-38529Same product: Siemens Parasolid
CVE-2024-23799Same vendor: Siemens
CVE-2023-28766Same vendor: Siemens

Affected Assets

siemens
parasolid
34.1 — 34.1.258 · 35.0 — 35.0.254 · 35.1 — 35.1.171
siemens
teamcenter visualization
14.1 — 14.1.0.11 · 14.2 — 14.2.0.6 · 14.3 — 14.3.0.3

Mitigating Controls

Mitigating Controls (NIST CSF 2.0) AI

Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→CSF cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.

PR.PS-06 mostly match
prevents

Secure SDLC practices (static analysis, code review, safe coding standards) directly prevent NULL dereference bugs during development.

Mitigating Controls (ISO/IEC 27001:2022 Annex A) AI

Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→ISO cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.

A.8.29 Security testing in development and acceptance mostly match
finds

Security testing can detect NULL dereference defects before release.

A.8.25 Secure development life cycle partial match
prevents

Secure SDLC mandates defensive coding practices that can prevent NULL dereferences.

A.8.26 Application security requirements partial match
prevents

Application security requirements can specify input validation and pointer-safety rules.

A.8.27 Secure system architecture and engineering principles partial match
prevents

Secure architecture principles encourage defensive design that avoids unsafe pointer use.

A.8.28 Secure coding partial match
prevents

Secure coding standards directly require NULL-pointer checks and safe dereference patterns.

References