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CVE-2022-25789

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2022-04-11 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-416

Description

A maliciously crafted DWF, 3DS and DWFX files in Autodesk AutoCAD 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019 can be used to trigger use-after-free vulnerability. Exploitation of this vulnerability may lead to code execution.

Affected products

• Autodesk Advance Steel: from 2019 before 2019.1.4; from 2020 before 2020.1.5; from 2021 before 2021.1.2; from 2022 before 2022.1.2 — fixed in 2019.1.4, 2020.1.5, 2021.1.2, 2022.1.2
• Autodesk AutoCAD: from 2019 before 2019.1.4; from 2020 before 2020.1.5; from 2021 before 2021.1.2; from 2022 before 2022.1.2; from 2022 before 2022.2.2 — fixed in 2019.1.4, 2020.1.5, 2021.1.2, 2022.1.2, 2022.2.2
• Autodesk AutoCAD Architecture: from 2019 before 2019.1.4; from 2020 before 2020.1.5; from 2021 before 2021.1.2; from 2022 before 2022.1.2 — fixed in 2019.1.4, 2020.1.5, 2021.1.2, 2022.1.2
• Autodesk AutoCAD Electrical: from 2019 before 2019.1.4; from 2020 before 2020.1.5; from 2021 before 2021.1.2; from 2022 before 2022.1.2 — fixed in 2019.1.4, 2020.1.5, 2021.1.2, 2022.1.2
• Autodesk AutoCAD LT: from 2019 before 2019.1.4; from 2020 before 2020.1.5; from 2021 before 2021.1.2; from 2022 before 2022.1.2 — fixed in 2019.1.4, 2020.1.5, 2021.1.2, 2022.1.2
• Autodesk AutoCAD MAP 3D: from 2019 before 2019.1.4; from 2020 before 2020.1.5; from 2021 before 2021.1.2; from 2022 before 2022.1.2 — fixed in 2019.1.4, 2020.1.5, 2021.1.2, 2022.1.2
• Autodesk AutoCAD Mechanical: from 2019 before 2019.1.4; from 2020 before 2020.1.5; from 2021 before 2021.1.2; from 2022 before 2022.1.2 — fixed in 2019.1.4, 2020.1.5, 2021.1.2, 2022.1.2
• Autodesk AutoCAD MEP: from 2019 before 2019.1.4; from 2020 before 2020.1.5; from 2021 before 2021.1.2; from 2022 before 2022.1.2 — fixed in 2019.1.4, 2020.1.5, 2021.1.2, 2022.1.2
• Autodesk AutoCAD Plant 3D: from 2019 before 2019.1.4; from 2020 before 2020.1.5; from 2021 before 2021.1.2; from 2022 before 2022.1.2 — fixed in 2019.1.4, 2020.1.5, 2021.1.2, 2022.1.2
• Autodesk Civil 3D: from 2019 before 2019.1.4; from 2020 before 2020.1.5; from 2021 before 2021.1.2; from 2022 before 2022.1.2 — fixed in 2019.1.4, 2020.1.5, 2021.1.2, 2022.1.2

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Autodesk Advance Steel 2019.1.4, 2020.1.5, 2021.1.2, 2022.1.2; Autodesk AutoCAD 2019.1.4, 2020.1.5, 2021.1.2, 2022.1.2; Autodesk AutoCAD Architecture 2019.1.4, 2020.1.5, 2021.1.2, 2022.1.2; Autodesk AutoCAD Electrical 2019.1.4, 2020.1.5, 2021.1.2, 2022.1.2; Autodesk AutoCAD LT 2019.1.4, 2020.1.5, 2021.1.2, 2022.1.2; Autodesk AutoCAD MAP 3D 2019.1.4, 2020.1.5, 2021.1.2, 2022.1.2; Autodesk AutoCAD Mechanical 2019.1.4, 2020.1.5, 2021.1.2, 2022.1.2; Autodesk AutoCAD MEP 2019.1.4, 2020.1.5, 2021.1.2, 2022.1.2; Autodesk AutoCAD Plant 3D 2019.1.4, 2020.1.5, 2021.1.2, 2022.1.2; Autodesk Civil 3D 2019.1.4, 2020.1.5, 2021.1.2, 2022.1.2. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://www.autodesk.com/trust/security-advisories/adsk-sa-2022-0005
• https://www.autodesk.com/trust/security-advisories/adsk-sa-2022-0005

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