Revit RTE Heap Overflow via Malicious RTE File
CVE-2025-5040 Published on July 10, 2025
RTE File Parsing Heap-Based Overflow Vulnerability
A maliciously crafted RTE file, when parsed through Autodesk Revit, can force a Heap-Based Overflow vulnerability. A malicious actor can leverage this vulnerability to cause a crash, read sensitive data, or execute arbitrary code in the context of the current process.
Vulnerability Analysis
CVE-2025-5040 is exploitable with local system access, requires user interaction. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to be very high.
Weakness Type
Heap-based Buffer Overflow
A heap overflow condition is a buffer overflow, where the buffer that can be overwritten is allocated in the heap portion of memory, generally meaning that the buffer was allocated using a routine such as malloc().
Products Associated with CVE-2025-5040
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Affected Versions
Autodesk Revit:- Version 2026 and below 2026.2 is affected.
- Version 2025 and below 2025.4.2 is affected.
- Version 2024 and below 2024.3.3 is affected.
- Version 2023 and below 2023.1.8 is affected.
Exploit Probability
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