{"id":48924,"date":"2025-06-04T16:17:13","date_gmt":"2025-06-04T16:17:13","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2025-10-03T00:32:15","modified_gmt":"2025-10-03T06:32:15","slug":"cve-2025-1656-heap-based-overflow-vulnerability-in-autodesk-applications","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-1656-heap-based-overflow-vulnerability-in-autodesk-applications\/","title":{"rendered":"<strong>CVE-2025-1656: Heap-Based Overflow Vulnerability in Autodesk Applications<\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Overview<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) system has issued a high-severity alert, CVE-2025-1656, affecting Autodesk applications. This vulnerability is associated with a Heap-Based Overflow that is triggered when a maliciously crafted PDF file is linked or imported into Autodesk applications. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-46458-critical-cross-site-request-forgery-csrf-vulnerability-leading-to-sql-injection-in-occupancyplan\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"55469\">vulnerability is particularly worrisome because it can potentially lead<\/a> to system compromise and data leakage. Given the widespread use of Autodesk software in various industries, including manufacturing, architecture, engineering, and entertainment, this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-48383-django-select2-vulnerability-risking-data-leakage-and-unauthorized-access\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"56423\">vulnerability poses a significant risk<\/a> to a large number of users and businesses.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Vulnerability Summary<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>CVE ID: CVE-2025-1656<br \/>\nSeverity: High (CVSS: 7.8)<br \/>\nAttack Vector: Network<br \/>\nPrivileges Required: None<br \/>\nUser Interaction: Required<br \/>\nImpact: System compromise, data leakage, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-48828-arbitrary-php-code-execution-in-vbulletin-via-template-conditionals\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"55737\">execution of arbitrary code<\/a>, application crash<\/p>\n<p><strong>Affected Products<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"ameeb-4127141403\" class=\"ameeb-content-2 ameeb-entity-placement\"><div style=\"border-left: 4px solid #555; padding-left: 20px; margin: 48px 0; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; color: #ffffff; line-height: 1.6; max-width: 700px;\">\r\n  <h2 style=\"margin-top: 0; font-size: 20px; font-weight: 600; display: flex; align-items: center;\">\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/chat\" style=\"display: inline-flex; align-items: center; margin-right: 8px;\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Best-App-icon-Ameeba.png\" alt=\"Ameeba Chat Icon\" style=\"width: 40px; height: 40px;\" \/>\r\n    <\/a>\r\n    A new way to communicate\r\n  <\/h2>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"margin-bottom: 12px;\">\r\n    Ameeba Chat is built on encrypted identity, not personal profiles.\r\n  <\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"margin-bottom: 16px;\">\r\n    Message, call, share files, and coordinate with identities kept separate.\r\n  <\/p>\r\n\r\n  <ul style=\"list-style: none; padding-left: 0; margin-bottom: 20px;\">\r\n    <li>\u2022 Encrypted identity<\/li>\r\n    <li>\u2022 Ameeba Chat authenticates access<\/li>\r\n    <li>\u2022 Aliases and categories<\/li>\r\n    <li>\u2022 End-to-end encrypted chat, calls, and files<\/li>\r\n    <li>\u2022 Secure notes for sensitive information<\/li>\r\n  <\/ul>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"font-style: italic; font-weight: 600; margin-bottom: 24px;\">\r\n    Private communication, rethought.\r\n  <\/p>\r\n\r\n  <div style=\"display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; gap: 12px;\">\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/chat\/download\" style=\"background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; padding: 10px 20px; text-decoration: none; border-radius: 6px; font-weight: 500;\">Download Ameeba Chat<\/a>\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/chat\" style=\"border: 1px solid #ffffff; color: #ffffff; padding: 10px 20px; text-decoration: none; border-radius: 6px; font-weight: 500;\">Learn More<\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n<p>Product | Affected Versions<\/p>\n<p>Autodesk AutoCAD | All versions until patched<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-5037-memory-corruption-vulnerability-in-autodesk-revit-leading-to-arbitrary-code-execution\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"88119\">Autodesk Revit<\/a> | All versions until patched<\/p>\n<p><strong>How the Exploit Works<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This exploit works by taking advantage of the Heap-Based <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-44885-critical-stack-overflow-vulnerability-in-fw-wgs-804hpt\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"54790\">Overflow vulnerability<\/a> present in Autodesk applications. An attacker would create a PDF <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-4981-critical-file-extraction-vulnerability-in-mattermost-leading-to-potential-remote-code-execution\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"63100\">file embedded with malicious code<\/a>. When this PDF is linked or imported into an Autodesk application, the application is tricked into <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2024-9639-remote-code-execution-vulnerabilities-in-aspect-nexus-and-matrix-series\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"56810\">executing the malicious code<\/a>. This results in a crash, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-3357-arbitrary-code-execution-vulnerability-in-ibm-tivoli-monitoring\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"56422\">execution of arbitrary code<\/a> in the context of the current process, or the reading of sensitive data, leading to a potential system compromise or data leakage.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Conceptual Example Code<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"ameeb-1370590173\" class=\"ameeb-content ameeb-entity-placement\"><div class=\"poptin-embedded\" data-id=\"f6b387694f681\"><\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<\/div>\n<p>While it&#8217;s not possible to provide exact malicious code, the following is a conceptual example of how the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-5126-critical-command-injection-vulnerability-in-flir-ax8\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"54919\">vulnerability might be exploited using a shell command:<\/a><\/p>\n<pre><code class=\"\" data-line=\"\"># Malicious actor creates a PDF file with embedded code\n$ echo &quot;malicious_code&quot; &gt; payload.txt\n$ pdftk input.pdf update_info payload.txt output malicious.pdf\n# The malicious PDF is then linked or imported into the Autodesk application<\/code><\/pre>\n<p><strong>Mitigation Guidance<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>To mitigate the risks associated with CVE-2025-1656, it&#8217;s recommended to apply the vendor patch as soon as it becomes available. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-1275-heap-based-overflow-vulnerability-in-certain-autodesk-applications\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"56896\">Autodesk is expected to release a patch addressing this vulnerability<\/a> in its upcoming updates. Until then, using a Web Application Firewall (WAF) or Intrusion Detection System (IDS) can serve as a temporary measure to detect and prevent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2024-7457-macos-authorization-model-exploit-leading-to-potential-mitm-attacks\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"80001\">potential exploits<\/a>. It&#8217;s also advisable to avoid opening <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-1277-memory-corruption-vulnerability-in-autodesk-applications-through-malicious-pdf-files\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"57119\">PDF files from unknown or untrusted sources within Autodesk applications<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Overview The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) system has issued a high-severity alert, CVE-2025-1656, affecting Autodesk applications. This vulnerability is associated with a Heap-Based Overflow that is triggered when a maliciously crafted PDF file is linked or imported into Autodesk applications. The vulnerability is particularly worrisome because it can potentially lead to system compromise and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"vendor":[],"product":[],"attack_vector":[],"asset_type":[],"severity":[],"exploit_status":[],"class_list":["post-48924","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48924","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=48924"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48924\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":80930,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48924\/revisions\/80930"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48924"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=48924"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=48924"},{"taxonomy":"vendor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vendor?post=48924"},{"taxonomy":"product","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product?post=48924"},{"taxonomy":"attack_vector","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/attack_vector?post=48924"},{"taxonomy":"asset_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/asset_type?post=48924"},{"taxonomy":"severity","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/severity?post=48924"},{"taxonomy":"exploit_status","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/exploit_status?post=48924"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}