CVE-2025-27438
Published: 11 March 2025
Summary
CVE-2025-27438 is a high-severity Out-of-bounds Read (CWE-125) vulnerability in Siemens Teamcenter Visualization. Its CVSS base score is 7.8 (High).
Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploitation for Client Execution (T1203); ranked at the 30.7th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
The strongest mitigations our analysis identified are NIST 800-53 SI-2 (Flaw Remediation) and RA-5 (Vulnerability Monitoring and Scanning).
Threat & Defense at a Glance
Threat & Defense Details
Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5)AI
Directly mitigates the out-of-bounds read vulnerability by requiring timely patching of the affected Teamcenter Visualization and Tecnomatix Plant Simulation versions as specified in the Siemens advisory.
Implements memory safety mechanisms such as address space randomization and non-executable memory to prevent arbitrary code execution from out-of-bounds reads during WRL file parsing.
Enables identification of vulnerable software versions through vulnerability scanning, allowing prioritization of remediation for this specific CVE in affected Siemens applications.
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI
Why these techniques?
The vulnerability is a memory corruption flaw in a client-side file parser (WRL/VRML) that enables arbitrary code execution upon opening a malicious file, directly facilitating T1203 (Exploitation for Client Execution) and T1204.002 (Malicious File) with user interaction required.
NVD Description
A vulnerability has been identified in Teamcenter Visualization V14.3 (All versions < V14.3.0.13), Teamcenter Visualization V2312 (All versions < V2312.0009), Teamcenter Visualization V2406 (All versions < V2406.0007), Teamcenter Visualization V2412 (All versions < V2412.0002), Tecnomatix Plant Simulation V2302 (All versions…
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< V2302.0021), Tecnomatix Plant Simulation V2404 (All versions < V2404.0010). The affected applications contain an out of bounds read past the end of an allocated structure while parsing specially crafted WRL files. This could allow an attacker to execute code in the context of the current process.
Deeper analysisAI
CVE-2025-27438 is an out-of-bounds read vulnerability (CWE-125) affecting multiple versions of Siemens Teamcenter Visualization and Tecnomatix Plant Simulation. Specifically, it impacts Teamcenter Visualization V14.3 (all versions prior to V14.3.0.13), V2312 (prior to V2312.0009), V2406 (prior to V2406.0007), and V2412 (prior to V2412.0002); as well as Tecnomatix Plant Simulation V2302 (prior to V2302.0021) and V2404 (prior to V2404.0010). The flaw occurs when parsing specially crafted WRL files, leading to a read past the end of an allocated structure.
The vulnerability has a CVSS v3.1 base score of 7.8 (AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H), indicating it requires local access, low attack complexity, no privileges, and user interaction. An attacker could exploit it by convincing a user to open a malicious WRL file in one of the affected applications, potentially achieving arbitrary code execution in the context of the current process with high confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts.
Siemens Security Advisory SSA-050438 provides details on mitigation, recommending updates to the following patched versions: Teamcenter Visualization V14.3.0.13, V2312.0009, V2406.0007, V2412.0002; Tecnomatix Plant Simulation V2302.0021 and V2404.0010. Additional guidance is available at https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-050438.html.
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