Out-of-bounds Read in Siemens Simcenter Femap

CVE-2025-40764

A vulnerability has been identified in Simcenter Femap V2406 (All versions < V2406.0003), Simcenter Femap V2412 (All versions < V2412.0002). The affected applications contains an out of bounds read vulnerability while parsing specially crafted BMP 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 (3.6th percentile), scored .

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 4th percentile — 3.6% 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-2025-40764: 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)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-40764?
CVE-2025-40764 is a high-severity vulnerability in Siemens Simcenter Femap, classified under Out-of-bounds Read. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2025-08-12.
How severe is CVE-2025-40764?
High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2025-40764 known to be exploited?
1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.