CVE-2021-25178
An issue was discovered in Open Design Alliance Drawings SDK before 2021.11. A stack-based buffer...
An issue was discovered in Open Design Alliance Drawings SDK before 2021.11. A stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability exists when the recover operation is run with malformed .DXF and .DWG files. This can allow attackers to cause a crash potentially enabling a denial of service attack (Crash, Exit, or Restart) or possible code execution.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
An issue was discovered in Open Design Alliance Drawings SDK before 2021.11. A stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability exists when the recover operation is run with malformed .DXF and .DWG files. This can allow attackers to cause a crash potentially enabling a denial of service attack (Crash, Exit, or Restart) or possible code execution.
- Record
CVE-2021-25178- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 6.8 Medium
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-787
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
An issue was discovered in Open Design Alliance Drawings SDK before 2021.11. A stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability exists when the recover operation is run with malformed .DXF and .DWG files. This can allow attackers to cause a crash potentially enabling a denial of service attack (Crash, Exit, or Restart) or possible code execution.
- Record
CVE-2021-25178- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2021-12089 No score
An issue was discovered in Open Design Alliance Drawings SDK before 2021.11. A stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability exists when the recover operation is run with malformed .DXF and .DWG files. This can allow attackers to cause a crash potentially enabling a denial of service attack (Crash, Exit, or Restart) or possible code execution.
- Record
EUVD-2021-12089- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-g4h7-78c4-pf5f
An issue was discovered in Open Design Alliance Drawings SDK before 2021.11. A stack-based buffer...
An issue was discovered in Open Design Alliance Drawings SDK before 2021.11. A stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability exists when the recover operation is run with malformed .DXF and .DWG files. This can allow attackers to cause a crash potentially enabling a denial of service attack (Crash, Exit, or Restart) or possible code execution.
- Record
GHSA-g4h7-78c4-pf5f- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-787
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2021-25178 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.8) in Opendesign Drawings Software Development Kit, published January 18, 2021. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 3.37%, the 88th percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
opendesign.com/security-advisories
cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-663999.pdf
zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-21-243
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-25178
github.com/advisories/GHSA-g4h7-78c4-pf5f