A vulnerability has been identified in Simcenter STAR-CCM+ Viewer (All versions < 2021.3.1). The starview+.exe application lacks proper validation of user-supplied data when parsing scene files. This could result in an out of bounds write past the end of an allocated structure. An attacker could leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of the current process.

References

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-42024
• https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-161331.pdf