This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of Ansys SpaceClaim 2022 R1. User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability in that the target must visit a malicious page or open a malicious file. The specific flaw exists within the parsing of X_B files. The issue results from the lack of validating the existence of an object prior to performing operations on the object. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of the current process. Was ZDI-CAN-17102.
                
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References
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| https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-22-1194/ |     | 
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 MITRE
                        MITRE
                    Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: zdi
Published: 2022-09-15T15:26:15
Updated: 2024-08-03T12:21:46.551Z
Reserved: 2022-09-13T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2022-40638
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                        Vulnrichment
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 NVD
                        NVD
                    Status : Modified
Published: 2022-09-15T16:15:10.923
Modified: 2024-11-21T07:21:45.740
Link: CVE-2022-40638
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                        Redhat
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