CVE-2023-38074

Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2023-09-12 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-843

Description

A vulnerability has been identified in JT2Go (All versions < V14.3.0.1), Teamcenter Visualization V13.3 (All versions < V13.3.0.12), Teamcenter Visualization V14.0 (All versions), Teamcenter Visualization V14.1 (All versions < V14.1.0.11), Teamcenter Visualization V14.2 (All versions < V14.2.0.6), Teamcenter Visualization V14.3 (All versions < V14.3.0.1), Tecnomatix Plant Simulation V2201 (All versions < V2201.0010), Tecnomatix Plant Simulation V2302 (All versions < V2302.0004). The affected application contains a type confusion vulnerability while parsing WRL files. This could allow an attacker to execute code in the context of the current process. (ZDI-CAN-20840)

Affected products

Siemens JT2Go: before 14.3.0.1 — fixed in 14.3.0.1
Siemens Teamcenter Visualization: from 13.3.0 before 13.4.0.12; from 14.0 before 14.1.0.11; from 14.2 before 14.2.0.6; from 14.3 before 14.3.0.1 — fixed in 13.4.0.12, 14.1.0.11, 14.2.0.6, 14.3.0.1
Siemens Tecnomatix Plant Simulation: from 2201.0 before 2201.0010; from 2302.0 before 2302.0004 — fixed in 2201.0010, 2302.0004

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Siemens JT2Go 14.3.0.1; Siemens Teamcenter Visualization 13.4.0.12, 14.1.0.11, 14.2.0.6, 14.3.0.1; Siemens Tecnomatix Plant Simulation 2201.0010, 2302.0004. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

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