CVE-2022-3159
The APDFL.dll contains a stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability that could be triggered while parsing specially crafted PDF files. This…
- 7.8HighCVSS base score
- 0.50%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 57% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
The APDFL.dll contains a stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability that could be triggered while parsing specially crafted PDF files. This could allow an attacker to execute code in the context of the current process.
Timeline
ID reserved
By icscert
- 4 months later
· 4 months later
Published
- 2 years later
· 2 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| icscertCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | High7.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | High7.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.50% · top 57% of all CVEs (11 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: total
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.8.
Affected products
- affected < 14.1.0.5
Siemens · Teamcenter Visualization V13.3
- affected < 13.3.0.8
Siemens · Teamcenter Visualization V14.0
- affected < 14.0.0.4
Siemens · Teamcenter Visualization V14.1
- affected < 14.1.0.5
What to do
Solution: Siemens released updates for the affected products and recommends updating to the latest versions: * JT2Go: Update to V14.1.0.5 or later version https://www.plm.automation.siemens.com/global/en/products/plm-components/jt2go.html . * Teamcenter Visualization V13.3: Update to V13.3.0.8 or later version https://support.sw.siemens.com/ . * Teamcenter Visualization V14.0: Update to V14.0.0.4 or later version https://support.sw.siemens.com/ . * Teamcenter Visualization V14.1: Update to V14.1.0.5 or later version https://support.sw.siemens.com/ .
Workaround: Siemens identified the following specific workaround and mitigation user can apply to reduce risk: * Do not open untrusted PDF files in JT2Go and Teamcenter Visualization. As a general security measure, Siemens recommends protecting network access to devices with appropriate mechanisms. To operate the devices in a protected IT environment, Siemens recommends configuring the environment according to Siemens' operational guidelines for industrial security https://www.siemens.com/cert/operational-guidelines-industrial-security and following the recommendations in the product manuals. Siemens also provides additional information on industrial security https://www.siemens.com/industrialsecurity . For further inquiries on security vulnerabilities in Siemens products, users should contact Siemens https://www.siemens.com/cert/advisories . For more information, see the associated Siemens security advisory SSA-360681 in HTML https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-360681.html and CSAF https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/csaf/ssa-360681.json .
References
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2022-42583 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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