CVE-2021-40165: Autodesk Autocad

High severity, CVSS 7.8. EPSS: 1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

A maliciously crafted TIFF, PICT, TGA, or RLC file in Autodesk Image Processing component may be used to write beyond the allocated buffer while parsing TIFF, PICT, TGA, or RLC files. This vulnerability may be exploited to execute arbitrary code.

Affected products

Autodesk Autocad: from 2019, before 2019.1.4 (fixed in 2019.1.4); from 2020, before 2020.1.5 (fixed in 2020.1.5); from 2021, before 2021.1.2 (fixed in 2021.1.2); from 2022, before 2022.1.2 (fixed in 2022.1.2)
Autodesk Autocad Advance Steel: from 2019, before 2019.1.4 (fixed in 2019.1.4); from 2020, before 2020.1.5 (fixed in 2020.1.5); from 2021, before 2021.1.2 (fixed in 2021.1.2); from 2022, before 2022.1.2 (fixed in 2022.1.2)
Autodesk Autocad Architecture: from 2019, before 2019.1.4 (fixed in 2019.1.4); from 2020, before 2020.1.5 (fixed in 2020.1.5); from 2021, before 2021.1.2 (fixed in 2021.1.2); from 2022, before 2022.1.2 (fixed in 2022.1.2)
Autodesk Autocad Civil 3d: from 2019, before 2019.1.4 (fixed in 2019.1.4); from 2020, before 2020.1.5 (fixed in 2020.1.5); from 2021, before 2021.1.2 (fixed in 2021.1.2); from 2022, before 2022.1.2 (fixed in 2022.1.2)
Autodesk Autocad Electrical: from 2019, before 2019.1.4 (fixed in 2019.1.4); from 2020, before 2020.1.5 (fixed in 2020.1.5); from 2021, before 2021.1.2 (fixed in 2021.1.2); from 2022, before 2022.1.2 (fixed in 2022.1.2)
Autodesk Autocad Lt: from 2019, before 2019.1.4 (fixed in 2019.1.4); from 2020, before 2020.1.5 (fixed in 2020.1.5); from 2020, before 2020.3.2 (fixed in 2020.3.2); from 2021, before 2021.1.2 (fixed in 2021.1.2); from 2021, before 2021.2.2 (fixed in 2021.2.2); from 2022, before 2022.1.2 (fixed in 2022.1.2); …
Autodesk Autocad Map 3d: from 2019, before 2019.1.4 (fixed in 2019.1.4); from 2020, before 2020.1.5 (fixed in 2020.1.5); from 2021, before 2021.1.2 (fixed in 2021.1.2); from 2022, before 2022.1.2 (fixed in 2022.1.2)
Autodesk Autocad Mechanical: from 2019, before 2019.1.4 (fixed in 2019.1.4); from 2020, before 2020.1.5 (fixed in 2020.1.5); from 2021, before 2021.1.2 (fixed in 2021.1.2); from 2022, before 2022.1.2 (fixed in 2022.1.2)
Autodesk Autocad Mep: from 2019, before 2019.1.4 (fixed in 2019.1.4); from 2020, before 2020.1.5 (fixed in 2020.1.5); from 2021, before 2021.1.2 (fixed in 2021.1.2); from 2022, before 2022.1.2 (fixed in 2022.1.2)
Autodesk Autocad Plant 3d: from 2019, before 2019.1.4 (fixed in 2019.1.4); from 2020, before 2020.1.5 (fixed in 2020.1.5); from 2021, before 2021.1.2 (fixed in 2021.1.2); from 2022, before 2022.1.2 (fixed in 2022.1.2)
Autodesk Design Review: version 2018 only
Autodesk Dwg Trueview: from 2019, before 2019.1.4 (fixed in 2019.1.4); from 2020, before 2020.1.5 (fixed in 2020.1.5); from 2021, before 2021.1.2 (fixed in 2021.1.2); from 2022, before 2022.1.1 (fixed in 2022.1.1)
Autodesk Fusion: from 2.0.10356, before 2.0.11405 (fixed in 2.0.11405)
Autodesk Infrastructure Parts Editor: from 2019, before 2019.2.2 (fixed in 2019.2.2); from 2020, before 2020.0.2 (fixed in 2020.0.2); version 2021 only; version 2022 only
Autodesk Infraworks: from 2019, before 2019.3 (fixed in 2019.3); from 2020, before 2020.2 (fixed in 2020.2); from 2021, before 2021.2 (fixed in 2021.2); version 2019.3 only; version 2020.2 only; version 2021.2 only; …
Autodesk Inventor: from 2019, before 2019.6 (fixed in 2019.6); from 2020, before 2020.5 (fixed in 2020.5); from 2021, before 2021.4 (fixed in 2021.4); from 2022, before 2022.2 (fixed in 2022.2)
Autodesk Navisworks: from 2019, before 2019.7 (fixed in 2019.7); from 2020, before 2020.5 (fixed in 2020.5); from 2021, before 2021.4 (fixed in 2021.4); from 2022, before 2022.2 (fixed in 2022.2)
Autodesk Revit: from 2019, before 2019.2.4 (fixed in 2019.2.4); from 2020, before 2020.2.6 (fixed in 2020.2.6); from 2021, before 2021.1.5 (fixed in 2021.1.5); version 2022 only
Autodesk Storm And Sanitary Analysis: from 2020, before 2020.3.1 (fixed in 2020.3.1); from 2021, before 2021.3.1 (fixed in 2021.3.1); version 2019 only; version 2022 only

Published 2022-10-07. Last modified 2026-06-17.