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CVE-2021-40158

27
FAUCET Score

CVE-2021-40158 is a high-severity vulnerability affecting Autodesk Inventor and AutoCAD products (versions 2019-2022). It involves a maliciously crafted JT file that can cause a read beyond allocated memory boundaries, potentially leading to code execution when combined with other vulnerabilities. The attack requires user interaction (opening the malicious file) and has high impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Currently, there is no public exploit code, active exploitation, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 2022, < 2022.1.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:autodesk:advance_steel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 2022, < 2022.1.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:autodesk:autocad:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 2022, < 2022.1.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:autodesk:autocad_architecture:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 2022, < 2022.1.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:autodesk:autocad_electrical:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 2022, < 2022.1.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:autodesk:autocad_lt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.8HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.89%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
85.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0289 is in the 86th percentile among its peer group of 11,617 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

autodesk.com / trust/security-advisories/adsk-sa-2022-0002
Vendor Advisory
zerodayinitiative.com / advisories/ZDI-22-281
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
zerodayinitiative.com / advisories/ZDI-22-283
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
zerodayinitiative.com / advisories/ZDI-22-284
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
zerodayinitiative.com / advisories/ZDI-22-285
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
zerodayinitiative.com / advisories/ZDI-22-286
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
zerodayinitiative.com / advisories/ZDI-22-287
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
zerodayinitiative.com / advisories/ZDI-22-288
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
zerodayinitiative.com / advisories/ZDI-22-441
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
zerodayinitiative.com / advisories/ZDI-22-443
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
zerodayinitiative.com / advisories/ZDI-22-444
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
zerodayinitiative.com / advisories/ZDI-22-445
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
zerodayinitiative.com / advisories/ZDI-22-447
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
zerodayinitiative.com / advisories/ZDI-22-448
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
zerodayinitiative.com / advisories/ZDI-22-449
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
zerodayinitiative.com / advisories/ZDI-22-450
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
zerodayinitiative.com / advisories/ZDI-22-451
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
zerodayinitiative.com / advisories/ZDI-22-452
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
zerodayinitiative.com / advisories/ZDI-22-453
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
zerodayinitiative.com / advisories/ZDI-22-454
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
zerodayinitiative.com / advisories/ZDI-22-455
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
zerodayinitiative.com / advisories/ZDI-22-466
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry