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CVE-2020-6332:
SAP 3D Visual Enterprise Viewer vulnerability analysis and mitigation
Overview
SAP 3D Visual Enterprise Viewer version 9 contains a vulnerability (CVE-2020-6332) that allows users to open manipulated HPGL files from untrusted sources, resulting in application crashes. The vulnerability was disclosed in September 2020 and affects the application's input validation mechanisms (NVD).
Technical details
The vulnerability stems from improper input validation when processing HPGL files within the hpgl plugin. The issue specifically involves a write operation that occurs before the start of an allocated object. The vulnerability has received a CVSS v3.1 base score of 4.3 (MEDIUM) with vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L according to NVD, while ZDI assessed it with a higher CVSS score of 7.0 (AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H) (NVD, ZDI Advisory).
Impact
When exploited, this vulnerability causes the SAP 3D Visual Enterprise Viewer application to crash and become temporarily unavailable until the user restarts the application (NVD).
Mitigation and workarounds
SAP has released an update to address this vulnerability. Users are advised to apply the available security patches (ZDI Advisory).
Additional resources
Source: This report was generated using AI
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