{"id":83133,"date":"2025-10-19T14:06:40","date_gmt":"2025-10-19T14:06:40","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2025-10-22T19:06:09","modified_gmt":"2025-10-23T01:06:09","slug":"cve-2025-5047-uninitialized-variable-vulnerability-in-autodesk-autocad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-5047-uninitialized-variable-vulnerability-in-autodesk-autocad\/","title":{"rendered":"<strong>CVE-2025-5047: Uninitialized Variable Vulnerability in Autodesk AutoCAD<\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Overview<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) system has identified a severe vulnerability, CVE-2025-5047, affecting Autodesk AutoCAD software. When a maliciously crafted DGN file is parsed through Autodesk AutoCAD, an Uninitialized Variable vulnerability can be triggered. This vulnerability is particularly worrisome as it enables a malicious actor to cause system crashes, read sensitive data, or even <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-58045-critical-remote-code-execution-vulnerability-in-dataease\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"90366\">execute arbitrary code<\/a>, potentially leading to system compromise or data leakage.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Vulnerability Summary<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>CVE ID: CVE-2025-5047<br \/>\nSeverity: High, with a CVSS score of 7.8<br \/>\nAttack Vector: DGN File<br \/>\nPrivileges Required: None<br \/>\nUser Interaction: Required<br \/>\nImpact: System crashes, sensitive data access, and arbitrary <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-59340-jinjava-template-engine-vulnerability-leading-to-potential-remote-code-execution\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"90409\">code execution leading to potential<\/a> system compromise or data leakage.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Affected Products<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"ameeb-3780731445\" 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 prior to vendor patch<\/p>\n<p><strong>How the Exploit Works<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The exploit takes advantage of an uninitialized variable within Autodesk AutoCAD when parsing a DGN file. A malicious actor can craft a DGN <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-54709-critical-php-remote-file-inclusion-vulnerability-in-uxper-sala\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"90477\">file in such a way that it triggers this vulnerability<\/a> when opened in AutoCAD. Once triggered, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-43196-macos-path-handling-vulnerability-allowing-for-root-privileges\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"90300\">vulnerability allows<\/a> the actor to cause crashes, access sensitive data, or execute arbitrary code in the context of the current process.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Conceptual Example Code<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"ameeb-2793002831\" 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>Here is a conceptual example illustrating how a maliciously crafted DGN file might look like. However, note that the actual exploit would likely involve complex binary crafting techniques.<\/p>\n<pre><code class=\"\" data-line=\"\">$ echo &quot;malicious_payload&quot; &gt; exploit.dgn\n$ autocad exploit.dgn<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>In this simplified example, the `malicious_payload` represents <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-7093-critical-vulnerability-in-belkin-f9k1122-1-00-33-impacting-system-security-and-data-integrity\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"91233\">data crafted to exploit the uninitialized variable vulnerability<\/a>. When this DGN file is opened with AutoCAD (represented by `autocad exploit.dgn`), the exploit is triggered.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Overview The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) system has identified a severe vulnerability, CVE-2025-5047, affecting Autodesk AutoCAD software. When a maliciously crafted DGN file is parsed through Autodesk AutoCAD, an Uninitialized Variable vulnerability can be triggered. This vulnerability is particularly worrisome as it enables a malicious actor to cause system crashes, read sensitive data, or [&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":[80],"asset_type":[],"severity":[],"exploit_status":[],"class_list":["post-83133","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","attack_vector-rce"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83133","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=83133"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83133\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":84252,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83133\/revisions\/84252"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=83133"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=83133"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=83133"},{"taxonomy":"vendor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vendor?post=83133"},{"taxonomy":"product","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product?post=83133"},{"taxonomy":"attack_vector","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/attack_vector?post=83133"},{"taxonomy":"asset_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/asset_type?post=83133"},{"taxonomy":"severity","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/severity?post=83133"},{"taxonomy":"exploit_status","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/exploit_status?post=83133"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}