Zero-Day Advisory

Fortinet Discovers AutoDesk Dwg2Spd Memory Corruption Vulnerability

Summary

Fortinet's FortiGuard Labs has discovered a Memory Corruption vulnerability in Autodesk Dwg2Spd application.

Autodesk Dwg2Spd is an utility that lets you convert DWG files to SPD file format. It is provided as part of several AutoDesk product suites.

A memory corruption vulnerability has been discovered in AutoDesk Dwg2Spd application by FortiGuard Labs. The vulnerability is caused by a crafted DWG file which causes an out-of-bounds memory access. It could allow malicious users to create sensitive information leak scenarios.

Solutions

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

utoDesk.Dwg2Spd.CVE-2022-33888.Memory.Corruption
Released Jul 21, 2022

Users should apply the solution provided by AutoDesk.

Timeline

Fortinet reported the vulnerability to Autodesk on May 21, 2022.

References

• https://www.autodesk.com/trust/security-advisories/adsk-sa-2022-0020
  

• CVE-2022-33888

Acknowledgement

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

IPS Subscription

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