CVE-2022-24661

mediumpriority · track · 31EPSS 0.008 · 57 %ileDEEUUS

grimoire priorityP3 · Track

Exploitable?

—

no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

0.81% (57th) EPSS

CVSS 6.8 · medium

Is it mine?

5 products

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Who says so?

5 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · cisa_csaf_ot · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-28

A vulnerability has been identified in Simcenter STAR-CCM+ Viewer (All versions < V2022.1). The starview+.exe contains a memory corruption vulnerability while parsing specially crafted .SCE files. This could allow an attacker to execute code in the context of the current process.

remediations

Vendor fix, mitigation, or workaround guidance, as published by each source.

A vendor fix is available.

FixedSimcenter STAR-CCM+ Viewersiemens_psirt
Update to V2022.1 or later version
https://community.sw.siemens.com/s/article/Simcenter-STAR-CCM-Viewer-Download
FixedSimcenter STAR-CCM+ Viewercisa_csaf_ot
Update to V2022.1 or later version
https://community.sw.siemens.com/s/article/Simcenter-STAR-CCM-Viewer-Download
MitigationSimcenter STAR-CCM+ Viewersiemens_psirt
Do not open untrusted scene files from unknown sources
MitigationSimcenter STAR-CCM+ Viewercisa_csaf_ot
Do not open untrusted scene files from unknown sources

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

7.8

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 6.8–7.8

v2.06.8mediumAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:Pprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 8.6 · impact 6.4

v3.17.8highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 1.8 · impact 5.9

v3.17.8highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:P/RL:O/RC:Csecondary · CISA US

v3.17.8highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:P/RL:O/RC:Csecondary · Siemens ProductCERT DE

v3.17.1highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-787USprimaryCWE-119USCWE-119USCWE-119US

affected products (5)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

Simcenter STAR-CCM+ Viewerall versionscisa_csaf_otUS
Siemens Simcenter STAR-CCM+ Viewer< V2022.1cisa_csaf_otUS
Siemens Simcenter STAR-CCM+ ViewerAll versions → V2022.1enisa_euvdEU
siemens simcenter star-ccm+ viewer< 2022.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:siemens:simcenter_star-ccm\+_viewer:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Siemens Simcenter STAR-CCM+ Viewer< V2022.1siemens_psirtDE

advisories (2)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

SSA-166747SSA-166747: Scene File Parsing Vulnerability in Simcenter STAR-CCM+ Viewer before V2022.12022-03-08csaf · siemens_psirtDE
Siemens Simcenter STAR-CCM+ Viewer is affected by a memory corruption vulnerability that could be triggered when the application reads scene (.sce) files. If a user is tricked to open a malicious file with the affected application, this could lead to a crash, and potentially also to arbitrary code execution or data extraction on the target host system. Siemens has released an update for Simcenter STAR-CCM+ Viewer and recommends to update to the latest version to fix the vulnerability. Siemens recommends to avoid opening of untrusted files from unknown sources.
ICSA-22-069-05Siemens Simcenter STAR-CCM+ Viewer2022-03-08icsa · cisa_csaf_otUS
Siemens Simcenter STAR-CCM+ Viewer is affected by a memory corruption vulnerability that could be triggered when the application reads scene (.sce) files. If a user is tricked to open a malicious file with the affected application, this could lead to a crash, and potentially also to arbitrary code execution or data extraction on the target host system. Siemens has released an update for Simcenter STAR-CCM+ Viewer and recommends to update to the latest version to fix the vulnerability. Siemens recommends to avoid opening of untrusted files from unknown sources.

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Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd cisa_csaf_ot nvd siemens_psirt NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2022-03-08modified 2026-06-17

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references (7)

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