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

Published · last modified .

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.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.002 (9.2th percentile), scored .

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 9th percentile — 9.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2025-12659: held from 0.002 to 0.002.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.002 · newest: 0.002 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

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.