CVE-2022-41168
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 · uneditedDue to lack of proper memory management, when a victim opens a manipulated CATIA5 Part (.catpart, CatiaTranslator.exe) file received from untrusted sources in SAP 3D Visual Enterprise Author - version 9, it is possible that a Remote Code Execution can be triggered when payload forces a stack-based overflow or a re-use of dangling pointer which refers to overwritten space in memory.
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 confidenceA memory corruption vulnerability in SAP 3D Visual Enterprise Author version 9's CatiaTranslator.exe allows remote code execution when parsing specially crafted CATIA5 Part (.catpart) files. The flaw stems from improper memory management enabling stack-based buffer overflows or dangling pointer reuse during file parsing.
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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= 9.0CVSS 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
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/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 Author is installedCheck for the presence of the application in Program Files (typically under SAP or look for 'SAP 3D Visual Enterprise Author' in installed programs via Control Panel > Programs and Features)Affected if The application is installed on the system
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Confirm the installed version is 9.0Right-click the application executable (commonly in C:\Program Files\SAP\SAP 3D Visual Enterprise Author\bin\ or similar), select Properties, and check the File Version under the Details tab. Alternatively, run 'Get-ItemProperty' on the executable in PowerShell to retrieve version infoAffected if Version shows exactly 9.0 (the only affected version per vendor advisory)
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Locate the vulnerable CatiaTranslator.exe componentNavigate to the application installation directory (typically C:\Program Files\SAP\SAP 3D Visual Enterprise Author\) and confirm CatiaTranslator.exe existsAffected if The file CatiaTranslator.exe is present in the installation directory
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Check for recent CATIA5 Part file processing activityReview the application logs (if logging is enabled) or examine recently opened files in the application's recent files list for .catpart file extensionsAffected if Users have opened or processed CATIA5 Part (.catpart) files with the affected version
A system is affected if SAP 3D Visual Enterprise Author version 9.0 is installed and users open or process CATIA5 Part (.catpart) files with the vulnerable CatiaTranslator.exe component.
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 dataDo not open CATIA5 Part files from untrusted sources. Apply vendor-supplied security patches for SAP 3D Visual Enterprise Author when available.
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
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