A maliciously crafted RTE file, when parsed through Autodesk Revit, can force a Heap-Based Overflow vulnerability. A malicious actor can leverage this vulnerability to cause a crash, read sensitive data, or execute arbitrary code in the context of the current process.
Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2025-20991 A maliciously crafted RTE file, when parsed through Autodesk Revit, can force a Heap-Based Overflow vulnerability. A malicious actor can leverage this vulnerability to cause a crash, read sensitive data, or execute arbitrary code in the context of the current process.
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History

Tue, 19 Aug 2025 13:30:00 +0000

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CPEs cpe:2.3:a:autodesk:revit:2023:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:autodesk:revit:2024:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:autodesk:revit:2025:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:autodesk:revit:2026:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
References

Tue, 22 Jul 2025 17:00:00 +0000

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CPEs cpe:2.3:a:autodesk:revit:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Wed, 16 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

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Metrics epss

{'score': 0.00015}

epss

{'score': 0.00016}


Thu, 10 Jul 2025 15:15:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Thu, 10 Jul 2025 11:45:00 +0000

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Description A maliciously crafted RTE file, when parsed through Autodesk Revit, can force a Heap-Based Overflow vulnerability. A malicious actor can leverage this vulnerability to cause a crash, read sensitive data, or execute arbitrary code in the context of the current process.
Title RTE File Parsing Heap-Based Overflow Vulnerability
Weaknesses CWE-122
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: autodesk

Published:

Updated: 2025-08-19T13:17:58.621Z

Reserved: 2025-05-21T13:00:59.934Z

Link: CVE-2025-5040

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-07-10T14:55:40.516Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2025-07-10T12:15:23.893

Modified: 2025-08-19T14:15:40.967

Link: CVE-2025-5040

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2025-07-13T11:06:28Z