Autodesk ID: ADSK-SA-2024-0013
Product, Service, Component: Revit
Impact: Stack-based Overflow
Severity: High
Original Publish: 8/20/2024
Last Revised: 8/26/2024
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Stack-based Overflow Vulnerability in Revit Software
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
Autodesk Revit is affected by a Stack-based Overflow vulnerability. Exploitation of this vulnerability requires user interaction and may lead to code execution.
Description
The details of the vulnerability are as follows:
- CVE-2024-37008: A maliciously crafted DWG file, when parsed in Revit, can cause a Stack-based buffer overflow. A malicious actor can leverage this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code in the context of the current process.
Affected Products
Item |
Impacted Versions |
Mitigated Versions |
Update Source |
|---|---|---|---|
Revit |
2025, 2024, 2023, 2022 |
2025.1, 2024.2.2, 2023.1.5, 2022.1.7 |
|
Revit LT |
2025, 2024, 2023, 2022 |
2025.1, 2024.2.2, 2023.1.5, 2022.1.7 |
Recommendations
Autodesk highly recommends that customers of the affected products install the latest updates, as applicable, via Autodesk Access or the Accounts Portal. As a general best practice, we also recommend that customers open files from trusted sources.
Acknowledgements
We thank the following researcher for reporting the relevant issues and for working with Autodesk to help protect our customers:
- Francis Provencher {PRL} for reporting CVE-2024-37008.
Revision History
Revision |
Date |
Description |
|---|---|---|
1.0 |
8/20/2024 |
Initial Release |
1.1 |
8/26/2024 |
Include Revit LT in Affected Products |
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