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Use After Free

CVE-2022-27528

High
7.8/10

Summary

A maliciously crafted DWFX and SKP files in Autodesk Navisworks 2022 can be used to trigger use-after-free vulnerability. Exploitation of this vulnerability may lead to code execution.

  • LOW
  • LOCAL
  • HIGH
  • UNCHANGED
  • REQUIRED
  • NONE
  • HIGH
  • HIGH

CWE-416 - Use After Free

Use-after-free (UaF) vulnerability occurs when the application is using a pointer to memory that has been freed. Any attempt to read/write to a buffer after it is de-allocated allows memory corruption, sensitive information exposure, and can potentially lead to arbitrary code execution.

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  • Published