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CVE-2022-27530

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2022-04-18 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-787

Description

A maliciously crafted TIF or PICT file in Autodesk AutoCAD 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019 can be used to write beyond the allocated buffer through Buffer overflow vulnerability. This vulnerability may be exploited to execute arbitrary code.

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; 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 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-2022-0004
• https://www.autodesk.com/trust/security-advisories/adsk-sa-2022-0004

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