{"id":"CVE-2025-5040","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2025-5040","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T05:58:37.778Z","title":"A maliciously crafted RTE file, when parsed through Autodesk Revit, can force a Heap-Based Overflow vulnerability.","description":"A maliciously crafted RTE file, when parsed through Autodesk Revit, can force a Heap-Based Overflow vulnerability. A malicious actor can leverage this vulnerability to cause a crash, read sensitive data, or execute arbitrary code in the context of the current process.","published":"2025-07-10T12:15:24.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T09:47:05.000Z","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-122"],"affected":["autodesk/revit"],"epss":{"score":0.00199,"percentile":0.09577,"date":"2026-10-27","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 (0.20%). 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/products/autodesk-access/overview","source":"psirt@autodesk.com"},{"url":"https://www.autodesk.com/trust/security-advisories/adsk-sa-2025-0012","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"psirt@autodesk.com"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-5040","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."}