CVE-2021-41538
mediumpriority · track · 13EPSS 0.010 · 62 %ileDEEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
A vulnerability has been identified in NX 1953 Series (All versions < V1973.3700), NX 1980 Series (All versions < V1988), Solid Edge SE2021 (All versions < SE2021MP8). The affected application is vulnerable to information disclosure by unexpected access to an uninitialized pointer while parsing user-supplied OBJ files. An attacker could leverage this vulnerability to leak information from unexpected memory locations (ZDI-CAN-13770).
remediations
Vendor fix, mitigation, or workaround guidance, as published by each source.
A vendor fix is available.
- FixedNX 1953 Seriessiemens_psirt
Update to V1973.3700 or later version
https://support.sw.siemens.com/ - FixedNX 1980 Seriessiemens_psirt
Update to V1988 or later version
https://support.sw.siemens.com/ - FixedSolid Edge SE2021siemens_psirt
Update to SE2021MP8 or later version
- FixedSolid Edge SE2021cisa_csaf_ot
Update to SE2021MP8 or later version
- FixedNX 1953 Seriescisa_csaf_ot
Update to V1973.3700 or later version
https://support.sw.siemens.com/ - FixedNX 1980 Seriescisa_csaf_ot
Update to V1988 or later version
https://support.sw.siemens.com/ - MitigationNX 1953 Seriessiemens_psirt
Avoid opening files from unknown sources in NX
- MitigationNX 1980 Seriessiemens_psirt
Avoid opening files from unknown sources in NX
- MitigationSolid Edge SE2021siemens_psirt
Avoid opening files from unknown sources in Solid Edge
- MitigationSolid Edge SE2021cisa_csaf_ot
Avoid opening files from unknown sources in Solid Edge
- MitigationNX 1953 Seriescisa_csaf_ot
Avoid opening files from unknown sources in NX
- MitigationNX 1980 Seriescisa_csaf_ot
Avoid opening files from unknown sources in NX
cvss
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · low–medium · 3.1–4.3
weaknesses
The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.
affected products (20)
Products and version ranges known to be affected.
advisories (4)
Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.
- SSA-328042SSA-328042: File Parsing Vulnerabilities in OBJ Translator in NX2021-11-09csaf · siemens_psirtDE
Siemens NX is affected by two vulnerabilities that could be triggered when the application reads OBJ files. If a user is tricked to open a malicious file with the affected application, this could lead to an access violation, and potentially also to arbitrary code execution on the target host system. Siemens has released updates for the NX and recommends to update to the latest version. Siemens recommends to avoid opening of untrusted files from unknown sources.
- SSA-728618SSA-728618: Multiple Vulnerabilities in Solid Edge before SE2021MP82021-09-28csaf · siemens_psirtDE
Siemens has released a new version for Solid Edge that fixes multiple file parsing vulnerabilities which could be triggered when the application reads files in IFC, JT or OBJ formats. If a user is tricked to opening a malicious file using the affected application this could lead the application to crash, or potentially arbitrary code execution on the target host system. Siemens recommends to update to the latest version and to limit opening of files from unknown sources in the affected products.
- ICSA-21-287-06Siemens Solid Edge2021-09-28icsa · cisa_csaf_otUS
Siemens has released a new version for Solid Edge that fixes multiple file parsing vulnerabilities which could be triggered when the application reads files in IFC, JT or OBJ formats. If a user is tricked to opening a malicious file using the affected application this could lead the application to crash, or potentially arbitrary code execution on the target host system. Siemens recommends to update to the latest version and to limit opening of files from unknown sources in the affected products.
- ICSA-21-315-08Siemens NX OBJ Translator2021-11-09icsa · cisa_csaf_otUS
Siemens NX is affected by two vulnerabilities that could be triggered when the application reads OBJ files. If a user is tricked to open a malicious file with the affected application, this could lead to an access violation, and potentially also to arbitrary code execution on the target host system. Siemens has released updates for the NX and recommends to update to the latest version. Siemens recommends to avoid opening of untrusted files from unknown sources.
also known as (3)
Other names and identifiers for this entity.
sources
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references (16)
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-328042.pdfcnnvd
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-728618.pdfcnnvd
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-41538cnnvd
- https://us-cert.cisa.gov/ics/advisories/icsa-21-287-06cnnvd
- https://us-cert.cisa.gov/ics/advisories/icsa-21-315-08cnnvd
- https://www.auscert.org.au/bulletins/ESB-2021.3454cnnvd
- https://www.auscert.org.au/bulletins/ESB-2021.3874cnnvd
- https://www.cybersecurity-help.cz/vdb/SB2021092905cnnvd
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