CVE-2022-2069: siemens jt2go Heap-based Buffer Overflow

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2022-2069 is a high (CVSS 7.8) Heap-based Buffer Overflow vulnerability in siemens jt2go. EPSS estimates a 0.46% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 39.2% of scored vulnerabilities.

Timeline

1. 20-10-2022
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 16-04-2025
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

The APDFL.dll in Siemens JT2Go prior to V13.3.0.5 and Siemens Teamcenter Visualization prior to V14.0.0.2 contains an out of bounds write past the fixed-length heap-based buffer while parsing specially crafted PDF files. This could allow an attacker to execute code in the context of the current process.

• CWE-122Heap-based Buffer OverflowA heap overflow condition is a buffer overflow, where the buffer that can be overwritten is allocated in the heap portion of memory, generally meaning that the buffer was allocated using a routine such as malloc().
• CWE-787Out-of-bounds WriteThe product writes data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer.