CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2021-40158

Out-of-bounds Read

Published: Jan 25, 2022 | Modified: Nov 16, 2022
CVSS 3.x
7.8
HIGH
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.x
6.8 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

A maliciously crafted JT file in Autodesk Inventor 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019 and AutoCAD 2022 may be forced to read beyond allocated boundaries when parsing the JT file. This vulnerability in conjunction with other vulnerabilities could lead to code execution in the context of the current process.

Weakness

The product reads data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Advance_steel Autodesk 2022 (including) 2022.1.2 (excluding)
Autocad Autodesk 2022 (including) 2022.1.2 (excluding)
Autocad_architecture Autodesk 2022 (including) 2022.1.2 (excluding)
Autocad_electrical Autodesk 2022 (including) 2022.1.2 (excluding)
Autocad_lt Autodesk 2022 (including) 2022.1.2 (excluding)
Autocad_map_3d Autodesk 2022 (including) 2022.1.2 (excluding)
Autocad_mechanical Autodesk 2022 (including) 2022.1.2 (excluding)
Autocad_mep Autodesk 2022 (including) 2022.1.2 (excluding)
Autocad_plant_3d Autodesk 2022 (including) 2022.1.2 (excluding)
Civil_3d Autodesk 2022 (including) 2022.1.2 (excluding)
Inventor Autodesk 2022 (including) 2022.2 (excluding)
Inventor Autodesk 2019 (including) 2019 (including)
Inventor Autodesk 2020 (including) 2020 (including)
Inventor Autodesk 2021 (including) 2021 (including)

Potential Mitigations

  • Assume all input is malicious. Use an “accept known good” input validation strategy, i.e., use a list of acceptable inputs that strictly conform to specifications. Reject any input that does not strictly conform to specifications, or transform it into something that does.
  • When performing input validation, consider all potentially relevant properties, including length, type of input, the full range of acceptable values, missing or extra inputs, syntax, consistency across related fields, and conformance to business rules. As an example of business rule logic, “boat” may be syntactically valid because it only contains alphanumeric characters, but it is not valid if the input is only expected to contain colors such as “red” or “blue.”
  • Do not rely exclusively on looking for malicious or malformed inputs. This is likely to miss at least one undesirable input, especially if the code’s environment changes. This can give attackers enough room to bypass the intended validation. However, denylists can be useful for detecting potential attacks or determining which inputs are so malformed that they should be rejected outright.
  • To reduce the likelihood of introducing an out-of-bounds read, ensure that you validate and ensure correct calculations for any length argument, buffer size calculation, or offset. Be especially careful of relying on a sentinel (i.e. special character such as NUL) in untrusted inputs.

References