CVE-2021-37176

Severity: low (CVSS 3.3 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2021-09-14 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-125

Description

A vulnerability has been identified in Simcenter Femap V2020.2 (All versions), Simcenter Femap V2021.1 (All versions). The femap.exe application lacks proper validation of user-supplied data when parsing modfem files. This could result in an out of bounds read past the end of an allocated buffer. An attacker could leverage this vulnerability to leak information in the context of the current process. (ZDI-CAN-14260)

Affected products

Siemens Simcenter Femap: 2020.2, 2021.1

References

https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-997732.pdf
https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-21-1073/
https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-997732.pdf
https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-21-1073/

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