CVE-2021-46161

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Simcenter Femap V2020.2 (All versions) Simcenter Femap V2021.1 (All versions)

Description A vulnerability has been identified in the affected application, which contains an out of bounds write past the end of an allocated structure while parsing specially crafted NEU files. This could allow an attacker to execute code in the context of the current process.

Recommendations For Simcenter Femap V2020.2, avoid using the application to parse NEU files until a patch is available. For Simcenter Femap V2021.1, avoid using the application to parse NEU files until a patch is available. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting the use of NEU file parsing functionality in the affected versions until a fix is provided.