Code execution via invalid DWG parser validation
Published Oct 29, 2024 · Updated Aug 26, 2025
Memory corruption in affected Autodesk desktop products allows remote attackers to execute code via a crafted DWG file. The ACAD.exe DWG parser fails to validate user-supplied data before processing it, producing a memory-corruption condition. A target must open the file or visit attacker-controlled content; exploitation runs in the current process and can also crash it or write sensitive data.
Summary
What happened
Memory corruption in affected Autodesk desktop products allows remote attackers to execute code via a crafted DWG file. The ACAD.exe DWG parser fails to validate user-supplied data before processing it, producing a memory-corruption condition. A target must open the file or visit attacker-controlled content; exploitation runs in the current process and can also crash it or write sensitive data.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2024-9489
- Published
- Oct 29, 2024
- Updated
- Aug 26, 2025
- Vendor
- Autodesk
- Product
- AutoCAD Mechanical
- Classifications
- CWE-119, CWE-787, T1204.002, T1203
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Oct 29, 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=2022 <2022.1.6
- Affected versionversion=2023 <2023.1.7
- Affected versionversion=2024 <2024.1.7
- Affected versionversion=2025 <2025.1.1
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