Autodesk PRT UAF Causing RCE
CVE-2025-6636 Published on July 29, 2025

PRT File Parsing Use-After-Free Vulnerability
A maliciously crafted PRT file, when parsed through certain Autodesk products, can force a Use-After-Free 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.

Vendor Advisory NVD

Vulnerability Analysis

CVE-2025-6636 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.

Attack Vector:
LOCAL
Attack Complexity:
LOW
Privileges Required:
NONE
User Interaction:
REQUIRED
Scope:
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact:
HIGH
Integrity Impact:
HIGH
Availability Impact:
HIGH

Weakness Type

What is a Dangling pointer Vulnerability?

Referencing memory after it has been freed can cause a program to crash, use unexpected values, or execute code.

CVE-2025-6636 has been classified to as a Dangling pointer vulnerability or weakness.


Products Associated with CVE-2025-6636

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Affected Versions

Autodesk Shared Components:

Exploit Probability

EPSS
0.03%
Percentile
7.95%

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System) scores estimate the probability that a vulnerability will be exploited in the wild within the next 30 days. The percentile shows you how this score compares to all other vulnerabilities.