PatchTheCEVCVE-2025-40829: A vulnerability has been identified in Simcenter Femap (All versions < V2512)
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HIGH 7.8UPGRADE
CVE-2025-40829 is a high-severity flaw (CVSS 7.8) affecting simcenter femap. Below: why it ranks where it does, which versions are affected, what to do, and the exact commands.
A vulnerability has been identified in Simcenter Femap (All versions < V2512). The affected applications contains an uninitialized memory vulnerability while parsing specially crafted SLDPRT files. This could allow an attacker to execute code in the context of the current process. (ZDI-CAN-27146)
Why this priority
- High severity
A fixed release or distro patch exists.
Risk facts
| CVSS score | 7.8 (High) |
| Attack vector | Local |
| Attack complexity | Low |
| Privileges needed | None |
| User interaction | Required |
| EPSS exploit chance | 0.2% (top 91%) |
| CISA exploited list | No |
| Weakness | CWE-908 |
| Published | 2025-12-12 |
| Last modified | 2026-10-23 |
Publisher (CNA): Siemens AG · Vendor: siemens
Am I affected?
Timeline
- Published CVE record published
- Updated Record last modified
siemens simcenter femap UPGRADE
Affected: < 2512.0000
Fixed in: 2512.0000
Safe to downgrade to: no unaffected older release
1. Check installed version
apt-cache policy simcenter-femap || rpm -q simcenter-femap || simcenter-femap --version
2. UPGRADE to 2512.0000 (Debian / Ubuntu)
sudo apt update && sudo apt install --only-upgrade simcenter-femap
2. UPGRADE (RHEL / Amazon Linux / Fedora)
sudo dnf upgrade simcenter-femap
Note
Distros often backport fixes without changing the version number. Confirm with the distro advisory or changelog.
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