CVE-2025-33076
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 · uneditedIBM Engineering Systems Design Rhapsody 9.0.2, 10.0, and 10.0.1 is vulnerable to a stack-based buffer overflow, caused by improper bounds checking. A local user could overflow the buffer and execute arbitrary code on the system.
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 confidenceIBM Engineering Systems Design Rhapsody versions 9.0.2, 10.0, and 10.0.1 contains a stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability caused by improper bounds checking. A local authenticated user can exploit this flaw to overflow a stack buffer and execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the running process.
Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.
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= 9.0.2= 10.0= 10.0.1CVSS 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
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/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 IBM Rhapsody installationCheck installed programs or look for Rhapsody installation directory. On Windows, check Program Files for IBM/Rhapsody folder or use Add/Remove Programs. On Linux, check /opt/IBM/Rhapsody or similar paths.Affected if IBM Engineering Systems Design Rhapsody is installed on the system
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Determine installed Rhapsody versionOpen Rhapsody and navigate to Help > About IBM Engineering Systems Design Rhapsody, or check the version information in the installation directory.Affected if The displayed version matches exactly 9.0.2, 10.0, or 10.0.1
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Compare version against affected rangesMatch the installed version string exactly against the affected versions: 9.0.2, 10.0, and 10.0.1. Note that intermediate versions like 9.0.3 or 10.0.2 are not listed as affected.Affected if The installed version is exactly 9.0.2, 10.0, or 10.0.1
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Assess local access controlsReview local user accounts and permissions on the system where Rhapsody is installed. Check if untrusted or non-administrative users have login access.Affected if Untrusted users have local account access to the system running Rhapsody
The environment is affected if IBM Engineering Systems Design Rhapsody is installed and the exact version is 9.0.2, 10.0, or 10.0.1, especially when untrusted local users have system access.
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.
dbcve · scopedApply the vendor-supplied patch when available. Until then, restrict local access to trusted users only and monitor for suspicious activity targeting the Rhapsody application.
10.0.2 or later (check IBM Fix Central for exact version)
- 1. Check IBM Fix Central (https://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/) for CVE-2025-33076 security patches
- 2. Download and apply the appropriate IBM Engineering Systems Design Rhapsody patch for your version
- 3. Verify the patch installation by checking the product version number
- 4. Restart the Rhapsody application if required by the patch
Generated from the published advisory — verify against the referenced sources before acting.
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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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ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2025-33076 in production — separate from our analysis above.
The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
- The version that genuinely resolved it — not the one the vendor claimed
- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
- A gotcha in the upgrade path that cost you an afternoon
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