CVE-2025-40812
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 vulnerability has been identified in Solid Edge SE2024 (All versions < V224.0 Update 14), Solid Edge SE2025 (All versions < V225.0 Update 6). The affected applications contains an out of bounds read vulnerability while parsing specially crafted PRT files. This could allow an attacker to crash the application or execute code in the context of the current process.
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 confidenceAn out-of-bounds read vulnerability exists in Solid Edge's PRT file parser. By parsing a specially crafted malicious PRT file with malformed data structures, an attacker can read beyond allocated memory boundaries, potentially causing information disclosure, application crash (denial of service), or arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user process.
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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 dataall versions= 224.0all versions= 225.0CVSS 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 Solid Edge installation existsCheck for Solid Edge installation directory, typically at C:\Program Files\Siemens\Solid Edge[SE]2024 or C:\Program Files\Siemens\Solid Edge[SE]2025, or search for 'solid.exe' using Get-ChildItem -Recurse in Program FilesAffected if Solid Edge is installed on the system
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Identify installed Solid Edge versionLocate the solid.exe file in the installation folder, right-click and select Properties, then check the Details tab for Product Version, or run: (Get-Item 'C:\Program Files\Siemens\Solid Edge[SE]2024\Program\solid.exe').VersionInfo.FileVersionAffected if Version is 224.0.xxxx (SE2024) or 225.0.xxxx (SE2025) and the Update number is below 14 for SE2024 or below 6 for SE2025
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Confirm PRT file parser is present and accessibleVerify the PRT file handler is available by checking for the existence of PRT-related DLLs in the installation bin folder (such as SEPrt.dll or similar), which indicates the PRT parsing component is presentAffected if The PRT parsing component exists in the Solid Edge installation and the application can be used to open .PRT files
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Check current patch level against vulnerable versionsIn Solid Edge, go to Help > About Solid Edge to view the exact version and update number, or check the readme.txt in the installation directory for the installed update levelAffected if Running SE2024 with Update earlier than 14, or SE2025 with Update earlier than 6
The environment is affected if Solid Edge SE2024 (any version before V224.0 Update 14) or SE2025 (any version before V225.0 Update 6) is installed and can parse PRT files.
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 vendor patches: update Solid Edge SE2024 to V224.0 Update 14 or later, and SE2025 to V225.0 Update 6 or later. Until patched, avoid opening PRT files from untrusted or unknown sources.
Solid Edge SE2024: V224.0 Update 14 or later; Solid Edge SE2025: V225.0 Update 6 or later
- Identify the current Solid Edge version (SE2024 or SE2025)
- For Solid Edge SE2024: Upgrade to V224.0 Update 14 or later
- For Solid Edge SE2025: Upgrade to V225.0 Update 6 or later
- Obtain the update from the official Siemens cert-portal or support渠道
- Verify the update was successfully applied
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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