High severity · published Mar 8, 2022
CVE-2022-24661
A vulnerability has been identified in Simcenter STAR-CCM+ Viewer (All versions < V2022.1)
7.8
CVSS
0.8%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.8% · higher than 57% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
SS
Simcenter Star-ccm+ Viewer · Siemens
before 2022.1 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-24661
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-24661
Mitigation
https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-166747.pdf
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