5.5Medium

Autodesk Installer

CVE-2026-14479

A maliciously crafted input, when processed by the Autodesk Installer IPC frame parser, may trigger improper validation of an input-specified position or offset, resulting in an out-of-range substring operation. A malicious actor may leverage this vulnerability to cause the NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM service to terminate unexpectedly, resulting in a denial-of-service condition.

What this means for your business

  • It affects Autodesk Installer. It matters if your company, or a supplier that handles your data, runs it.
  • An attacker can use it only with access to the machine itself, with an ordinary user login, and without anyone at your company clicking anything.

What to do

  1. 1Check whether your company or your suppliers run Autodesk Installer, and which version. The affected versions are listed further down this page.
  2. 2If you do, apply the vendor's fix. A patch or vendor advisory has been published.

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Scoring

CVSS
5.5 (v3.1)
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weakness
CWE-1285
Assigned by
psirt@autodesk.com

Dates

Published
2026-08-12
Last modified
2026-09-04
Sources
NVD

Affected products

  • Autodesk Installer- 2.23

As listed in the NVD configuration data. Not a statement about your estate.

References