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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 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: libxml2

CVEs:

 

*Note: Fixes Applied to Autodesk Traffic Simulation

Affected Products

Item: Autodesk Civil 3D

Impacted Versions: 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021

Mitigated Versions: 2024.1, 2023.3, 2022.2.5, 2021.3.6

Update Source: Autodesk Access orAccounts 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.

Revision History

Revision: 1.0

Date: 08/29/2023

Description: Initial Release of the Security Advisory

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