CVE-2020-7084
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 · uneditedA NULL pointer dereference vulnerability in the Autodesk FBX-SDK versions 2019.0 and earlier may lead to denial of service of the application.
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 · moderate confidenceA NULL pointer dereference vulnerability exists in the Autodesk FBX-SDK versions 2019.0 and earlier. When processing certain FBX files, the SDK attempts to dereference a NULL pointer, causing the application to crash and resulting in denial of service.
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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<= 2019.0CVSS 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
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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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Identify FBX-SDK usageDetermine if your application or environment uses the Autodesk FBX-SDK by reviewing application dependencies, linked libraries, or SDK documentationAffected if The FBX-SDK library is present in your environment
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Locate the FBX-SDK library versionFind the FBX-SDK library files (such as libfbxsdk.so, fbxsdk.dll, or libfbxsdk.a) and check their version metadata using properties or version information toolsAffected if Unable to determine the version from library files
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Check the installed FBX-SDK versionCompare your installed FBX-SDK version against the affected range: versions 2019.0 and earlier are vulnerableAffected if The installed version is 2019.0 or any earlier version (e.g., 2018.x, 2017.x)
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Verify FBX file processing contextConfirm that your application or system processes FBX files using the SDK - the vulnerability triggers when the SDK parses certain FBX filesAffected if Your application processes FBX files with an affected SDK version
Your environment is affected if it uses Autodesk FBX-SDK version 2019.0 or earlier and processes FBX files with the SDK.
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 dataUpgrade to a version of the FBX-SDK newer than 2019.0 when available from Autodesk. If upgrading is not immediately possible, implement strict input validation on FBX files before passing them to the SDK to avoid triggering the NULL pointer dereference condition.
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