CVE-2023-39549: siemens solid_edge Use After Free

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2023-39549 is a high (CVSS 7.8) Use After Free vulnerability in siemens solid_edge. EPSS estimates a 0.24% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 13.9% of scored vulnerabilities.

Timeline

1. 08-08-2023
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 11-10-2024
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

A vulnerability has been identified in Solid Edge SE2023 (All versions < V223.0 Update 2). The affected application contains a use-after-free vulnerability that could be triggered while parsing specially crafted DWG file. An attacker could leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of the current process. (ZDI-CAN-19562)

• CWE-416Use After FreeThe product reuses or references memory after it has been freed. At some point afterward, the memory may be allocated again and saved in another pointer, while the original pointer references a location somewhere within the new allocation. Any operations using the original pointer are no longer valid because the memory "belongs" to the code that operates on the new pointer.