CVE-2025-12659 (GCVE-0-2025-12659)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-05-12 12:30 – Updated: 2026-06-09 09:02
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
Heap-based buffer overflow in Siemens Simcenter Femap
Summary
Siemens Simcenter Femap contains a memory corruption vulnerability while parsing specially crafted IPT files. This could allow an attacker to execute code in the context of the current process.
Severity
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-05-12 14:26 UTC
CWE
- CWE-122 - Heap-based buffer overflow
Assigner
References
3 references
Impacted products
2 products
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Siemens | Simcenter Femap |
Affected:
0 , < V2512.0003
(custom)
Unaffected: V2512.0003 |
guessed | |
| Siemens | Simcenter Femap |
Affected:
0 , < V2512.0003
(custom)
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guessed |
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