What is CVE-2025-12659?

CVE-2025-12659 is a high-severity vulnerability in Siemens Simcenter Femap, classified under Heap-based Buffer Overflow. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2026-05-12.

How severe is CVE-2025-12659?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.

Buffer overflow in Siemens Simcenter Femap

CVE-2025-12659

Siemens Simcenter Femap contains a memory corruption vulnerability while parsing specially crafted IPT files. This could allow an attacker to execute code in the context of the current process.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.000 (6.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Siemens Simcenter Femap — versions V2512.0003, 0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-122 — Heap-based Buffer Overflow

References

ics-cert@hq.dhs.gov (vendor-advisory)
ics-cert@hq.dhs.gov
ics-cert@hq.dhs.gov

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-12659?: CVE-2025-12659 is a high-severity vulnerability in Siemens Simcenter Femap, classified under Heap-based Buffer Overflow. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2026-05-12.
How severe is CVE-2025-12659?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.