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CVE-2021-40166

25
FAUCET Score

CVE-2021-40166 describes a use-after-free vulnerability in the Autodesk Image Processing component, triggered by parsing a maliciously crafted PNG file. This flaw could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code on affected Autodesk products. With a CVSS score of 7.8 (HIGH), it requires user interaction (UI:R) and local access (AV:L) but has high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion, and it is not listed in CISA's KEV catalog.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 2019, < 2019.1.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:autodesk:autocad:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 2020, < 2020.1.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:autodesk:autocad:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 2021, < 2021.1.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:autodesk:autocad:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 2022, < 2022.1.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:autodesk:autocad:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 2019, < 2019.1.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:autodesk:autocad_advance_steel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
0.92%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
56.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0092 is in the 53rd percentile among its peer group of 11,621 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-2021-0011
Vendor Advisory