CVE-2021-21453
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 · uneditedSAP 3D Visual Enterprise Viewer, version - 9, allows a user to open manipulated RLE file received from untrusted sources which results in crashing of the application and becoming temporarily unavailable until the user restarts the application, this is caused due to Improper Input Validation.
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 confidenceSAP 3D Visual Enterprise Viewer version 9 contains an improper input validation vulnerability in its RLE (Run-Length Encoded) image file parser. When a user opens a specially crafted malicious RLE file from an untrusted source, the application crashes and becomes unavailable until the user restarts it, resulting in a denial-of-service condition.
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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= 9CVSS 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
- Low
- Privileges
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/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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Verify SAP 3D Visual Enterprise Viewer is installedCheck for the application in the system program files directory (e.g., C:\Program Files\SAP\ or C:\Program Files (x86)\SAP\) or search for "SAP 3D Visual Enterprise Viewer" in the installed programs list via Control Panel > Programs and FeaturesAffected if The application is present on the system
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Confirm the installed version is 9Right-click the application executable (typically named "SAP3DVisualEnterpriseViewer.exe"), select Properties, and check the File Version in the Details tab. Alternatively, open the application and navigate to Help > About SAP 3D Visual Enterprise ViewerAffected if The version listed is exactly 9 (version 9.0.x)
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Identify RLE file handling capabilityAttempt to open a benign RLE file (file extension .rle) using the viewer to confirm the RLE parser is functional. Observe if the application successfully loads or attempts to process the RLE imageAffected if The RLE file parser is accessible and processes RLE image files
A user is affected if SAP 3D Visual Enterprise Viewer version 9 is installed and the RLE file parser feature can be used to open files, allowing a malicious RLE file to cause a denial-of-service condition.
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 dataUsers should avoid opening RLE files from untrusted or unknown sources. Organizations should apply any available SAP security patches for this vulnerability and implement endpoint protection to block suspicious file types.
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