CVE-2015-8571
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedInteger overflow in Autodesk Design Review (ADR) before 2013 Hotfix 2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted biClrUsed value in a BMP file, which triggers a buffer overflow.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · high confidenceInteger overflow in Autodesk Design Review's BMP file parser allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by crafting a malicious biClrUsed value that overflows during calculation, resulting in a heap-based buffer overflow.
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Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data= 2013CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
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- Authentication
- None
- Confidentiality
- Partial
- Integrity
- Partial
- Availability
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Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Confirm Autodesk Design Review 2013 is installedCheck the installed programs list in Windows Control Panel or use 'wmic product get name,version' to list Autodesk Design Review and its version numberAffected if Autodesk Design Review 2013 is present on the system without Hotfix 2 applied
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Check the installed version against the patched releaseLocate the Autodesk Design Review application in the program directory, right-click the executable, select Properties, and view the File Version details. Compare this version to the Hotfix 2 release version if known, or verify that a hotfix has been appliedAffected if The installed version is 2013 without Hotfix 2 or later applied
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Verify the BMP file parser component is presentConfirm Autodesk Design Review is installed with its native file handling capabilities intact, as the vulnerability exists in the BMP parsing moduleAffected if Autodesk Design Review can open or process BMP image files and the base 2013 version is in use
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Identify if untrusted BMP files can be openedAttempt to open a BMP file from an untrusted or unknown source using Autodesk Design Review, or check if the application is configured to handle BMP file associationsAffected if The application processes BMP files from external or untrusted sources and remains on the unpatched 2013 version
A user is affected if Autodesk Design Review 2013 is installed without Hotfix 2 applied and the application can process BMP files from untrusted sources.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataApply Autodesk Design Review 2013 Hotfix 2 or later to patch the integer overflow vulnerability. As a defense-in-depth measure, consider restricting or disabling ADR's ability to open untrusted BMP files until the patch is applied.
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