Vulnerability · Published Oct 7, 2022 · Assigned by autodesk
CVE-2021-40166
High 7.8
In plain English
A high-severity security flaw in Revit, Inventor, Infraworks, Navisworks, Fusion, Infrastructure Parts Editors, Autodesk Advanced Steel, Civil 3D, AutoCAD, AutoCAD LT, AutoCAD Architecture, AutoCAD Electrical, AutoCAD Map 3D, AutoCAD. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 1.0% (higher than 62% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS NVD)7.8High
Exploit odds (30 days)1.0%top 37.9% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
A maliciously crafted PNG file in Autodesk Image Processing component may be used to attempt to free an object that has already been freed while parsing them. This vulnerability may be exploited by attackers to execute arbitrary code.