CVE-2022-34748 — A vulnerability has been identified in Simcenter Femap (All versions < V2022

A vulnerability has been identified in Simcenter Femap (All versions < V2022.2). The affected application contains an out of bounds write past the end of an allocated structure while parsing specially crafted X_T files. This could allow an attacker to execute code in the conte

01What is this vulnerability?

A vulnerability has been identified in Simcenter Femap (All versions < V2022.2). The affected application contains an out of bounds write past the end of an allocated structure while parsing specially crafted X_T files. This could allow an attacker to execute code in the context of the current process. (ZDI-CAN-17293)

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Siemens	Simcenter Femap	All versions < V2022.2

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2022-07-12T10:07:26.000Z
• Last modified: 2024-08-03T09:22:10.269Z

09References

• cert-portal.siemens.com — https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-474231.pdf