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LibXml2 Vulnerability in the Autodesk Civil 3D Software

Autodesk ID: ADSK-SA-2023-0019
Product, Service, Component: Autodesk Civil3D
Impact: Use After Free, Integer Overflow or Wraparound, Double Free
Severity: High
Original Publish: 8/29/2023
Last Revised: 8/29/2023

Severity

CVSS 3.0 Score

Impact

Low

0.1 - 3.9

A vulnerability where scope and impact of exploitation is restricted and the ability to exploit is extremely difficult.

Medium

4.0 - 6.9

A vulnerability where exploitation is mitigated by factors such as difficulty to exploit, default configuration or ease of identification.

High

7.0 - 8.9

A vulnerability, which if exploited, would directly impact the confidentiality, integrity or availability of user’s data or processing resources.

Critical

9.0 - 10

A vulnerability, which if exploited, would allow remote execution of malicious code without user action.

Summary

Applications and services utilizing Autodesk Civil 3D have been affected by a LibXml2 vulnerability.

Description

The details of the vulnerability are as follows:

Vulnerable Library

CVEs
libxml2

 

 CVE-2022-40304
CVE-2022-40303
CVE-2022-23308

*Note: Fixes Applied to Autodesk Traffic Simulation

Affected Products

 

Item

Impacted Versions

Mitigated Versions

Update Source

Autodesk Civil 3D

2024, 2023, 2022, 2021

2024.1, 2023.3, 2022.2.5, 2021.3.6

Autodesk Access or Accounts Portal

*Note: Product list table contents are subject to change.

Recommendations

Autodesk strongly recommends that users of the impacted versions of Autodesk Civil 3D download and install the security hotfix referenced above under Mitigated Versions via Autodesk Access or Accounts Portal.

Customers using previous versions that no longer qualify for full support should plan to upgrade to a supported version as soon as possible to avoid downtime and potential security vulnerabilities. Visit the Autodesk Knowledge Network for more information about previous version support.

Acknowledgements

We would like to thank the following for reporting the relevant issues and for working with Autodesk to help protect our customers:

  • Michael DePlante (@izobashi) of Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative for reporting CVE-2023-25002

Related Information

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Revision History

Revision

Date

Description

1.0

08/29/2023

Initial Release of the Security Advisory

Related Information

More information on related security advisories can be found on the Autodesk Trust Center.

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