How severe is CVE-2021-27596?

Low severity. CVSS v3 base score is 3.3 out of 10.

Vulnerability in SAP 3d Visual Enterprise Viewer

Q: What is CVE-2021-27596?

CVE-2021-27596 is a low-severity vulnerability in SAP 3d Visual Enterprise Viewer. CVSS score: 3.3/10. Published 2021-03-22.

CVE-2021-27596

When a user opens manipulated Autodesk 3D Studio for MS-DOS (.3DS) files received from untrusted sources in SAP 3D Visual Enterprise Viewer, the application crashes and becomes temporarily unavailable to the user until restart of the application.

Published 2021-03-22 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 3.3 (Low). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.007 (51.9th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 52nd percentile — 51.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.007 · newest: 0.007 · change: 0.000

Affected products

SAP 3d Visual Enterprise Viewer — versions 9
SAP Se 3d Visual Enterprise Viewer — versions < 9

References

wiki.scn.sap.com/wiki/pages/viewpage.action (Vendor Advisory)
launchpad.support.sap.com/ (Permissions Required, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-27596?: CVE-2021-27596 is a low-severity vulnerability in SAP 3d Visual Enterprise Viewer. CVSS score: 3.3/10. Published 2021-03-22.
How severe is CVE-2021-27596?: Low severity. CVSS v3 base score is 3.3 out of 10.