CVE-2021-46699

Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2022-02-22 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-121

Description

A vulnerability has been identified in Simcenter Femap (All versions < V2022.1.1). Affected application contains a stack based buffer overflow vulnerability while parsing specially crafted BDF files. This could allow an attacker to execute code in the context of the current process. (ZDI-CAN-15061)

Affected products

Siemens Simcenter Femap: before 2022.1.1 — fixed in 2022.1.1

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Siemens Simcenter Femap 2022.1.1. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-949188.pdf
https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-22-509/
https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-949188.pdf
https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-22-509/

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