Code execution via uninitialized CATPRODUCT parser memory
Published Mar 13, 2025 · Updated Feb 26, 2026
Uninitialized memory use in Autodesk AutoCAD and affected AutoCAD-based products allows remote attackers to execute code via a CATPRODUCT file. The CATPRODUCT parser accesses memory before initialization, allowing attacker-controlled file contents to influence current-process execution. A target must visit a malicious page or open the file; successful exploitation can also read sensitive data or crash the process.
Summary
What happened
Uninitialized memory use in Autodesk AutoCAD and affected AutoCAD-based products allows remote attackers to execute code via a CATPRODUCT file. The CATPRODUCT parser accesses memory before initialization, allowing attacker-controlled file contents to influence current-process execution. A target must visit a malicious page or open the file; successful exploitation can also read sensitive data or crash the process.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2025-1649
- Published
- Mar 13, 2025
- Updated
- Feb 26, 2026
- Vendor
- Autodesk
- Product
- AutoCAD Mechanical
- Classifications
- CWE-457, T1204.002, T1203
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Mar 13, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Feb 26, 2026Record 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 <2025.1.2
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