CVE-2023-0973 - CVE House
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Status published Low CVE-2023-0973

Step Tools Third-Party

Vulnerability Description

STEPTools v18SP1 ifcmesh library (v18.1) is affected due to a null pointer dereference, which could allow an attacker to deny application usage when reading a specially constructed file, resulting in an application crash.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

The following person or organization is credited with identifying this vulnerability, as recorded in the NVD database:

  • Siemens reported this third-party vulnerability to CISA.

References

Affected Vendor

Affected Software

v18SP1 ifcmesh library
Vulnerable Versions:
v18.1

Timeline

Official Publish: March 13th, 2023
Last Modified: January 16th, 2025
Added to House: July 22nd, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-476

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

T1499 Endpoint Denial of Service
Impact
T1499.004 Application or System Exploitation
Impact
T1489 Service Stop
Impact
T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution
Execution
T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application
Initial Access