Code execution via untrusted pointer dereference
Published Feb 22, 2024 · Updated Aug 26, 2025
Untrusted pointer dereference in Autodesk applications 2021 through 2025 allows context-dependent attackers to execute code via an STP file. ASMKERN228A.dll dereferences an attacker-controlled pointer while parsing the file through the import feature. A user must interactively import the malicious file, and successful exploitation runs code in the current process.
Summary
What happened
Untrusted pointer dereference in Autodesk applications 2021 through 2025 allows context-dependent attackers to execute code via an STP file. ASMKERN228A.dll dereferences an attacker-controlled pointer while parsing the file through the import feature. A user must interactively import the malicious file, and successful exploitation runs code in the current process.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2024-23136
- Published
- Feb 22, 2024
- Updated
- Aug 26, 2025
- Vendor
- Autodesk
- Product
- AutoCAD Mechanical
- Classifications
- CWE-822, T1204.002
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Feb 22, 2024CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Aug 26, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
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- Affected versionversion=2021 <2021.1.4
- Affected versionversion=2022 <2022.1.4
- Affected versionversion=2023 <2023.1.5
- Affected versionversion=2024 <2024.1.3
- Affected versionversion=2025 <2025.0.1
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