CVE-2023-0973 (GCVE-0-2023-0973)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-03-13 17:06 – Updated: 2025-01-16 21:55
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Summary
STEPTools v18SP1 ifcmesh library (v18.1) is affected due to a null pointer dereference, which could allow an attacker to deny application usage when reading a specially constructed file, resulting in an application crash.
Severity ?
2.2 (Low)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
CWE
  • CWE-476 - NULL Pointer Dereference
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Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Step Tools v18SP1 ifcmesh library Affected: v18.1
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Credits
Siemens reported this third-party vulnerability to CISA.
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