{"id":"CVE-2021-27045","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2021-27045","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T21:20:15.080Z","title":"A maliciously crafted PDF file in Autodesk Navisworks 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 can be forced to read beyond allocated boundaries when parsing the PDF file.","description":"A maliciously crafted PDF file in Autodesk Navisworks 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 can be forced to read beyond allocated boundaries when parsing the PDF file. This vulnerability can be exploited to execute arbitrary code.","published":"2021-09-15T17:15:10.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T03:44:11.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"psirt@autodesk.com","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":7.8,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-125"],"affected":["autodesk/navisworks"],"epss":{"score":0.00957,"percentile":0.61202,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.96%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://www.autodesk.com/trust/security-advisories/adsk-sa-2021-0008","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"psirt@autodesk.com"},{"url":"https://www.autodesk.com/trust/security-advisories/adsk-sa-2021-0008","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-27045","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}