Zero-Day Advisory

Fortinet Discovers Autodesk Navisworks Memory Corruption Vulnerability

Summary

Fortinet's FortiGuard Labs has discovered a Memory Corruption vulnerability in Autodesk Navisworks.

Autodesk Navisworks is a comprehensive project review solution that supports coordination, analysis, and communication of design intent and constructability.

A memory corruption vulnerability has been discovered in AutoDesk Navisworks by FortiGuard Labs. The vulnerability is caused by a crafted PDF file which causes an out-of-bounds memory access. It could allow malicious users to create code execution scenarios.

Solutions

FortiGuard Labs released the following FortiGate IPS signature which covers this specific vulnerability:

Autodesk.Navisworks.CVE-2022-27527.Memory.Corruption
Released Apr 06, 2022

Users should apply the solution provided by Autodesk.

Timeline

Fortinet reported the vulnerability to Autodesk on November 08, 2021.

AutoDesk confirmed the vulnerability on November 10, 2021.

AutoDesk patched the vulnerability on March 28, 2022.

References

• https://www.autodesk.com/trust/security-advisories/adsk-sa-2021-0010
• CVE-2022-27527

Acknowledgement

This vulnerability was discovered by Kushal Arvind Shah of Fortinet's FortiGuard Labs.

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