CVE-2025-33077: IBM Engineering Systems Design Rhapsody · Memory Buffer Overflow
Affects IBM Engineering Systems Design RhapsodySource CVE Database V5
Not known to be exploited · CVSS 8.8 High.
Data as of 25 Oct 2026, 19:02 UTC
- EPSS
- 0.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 41% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitation evidence
Disclosed: evidence found.
CVE published 23 Jul 2025
Detectable: no evidence on record.
No public nuclei template indexed
Weaponised: no evidence on record.
No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB
Exploited in the wildExploited: no evidence on record.
Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation
Observed by OffSeq MirageSeen by Mirage: no evidence on record.
No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors
A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 2026-10-25.
What to do
Affected software
| Product | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| IBM Engineering Systems Design Rhapsody | Affected
| Fixed in– |
AI-suggested
1. Restrict local access to systems running IBM Engineering Systems Design Rhapsody to trusted users only, minimizing the risk of local exploitation. 2. Implement strict access controls and monitoring on engineering workstations to detect and prevent unauthorized local activity. 3. Use application whitelisting and endpoint protection solutions to detect anomalous behavior indicative of buffer overflow exploitation. 4. Regularly back up critical design data and maintain offline copies to enable recovery in case of compromise. 5. Monitor IBM security advisories closely and apply patches immediately once they become available. 6. Consider running Rhapsody in isolated or sandboxed environments to limit the impact of potential exploitation. 7. Conduct security awareness training for users with local access to highlight the importance of safeguarding engineering systems. 8. Employ memory protection mechanisms such as stack canaries, DEP, and ASLR where possible to mitigate exploitation impact. 9. Review and harden system configurations to reduce attack surface, including disabling unnecessary services and accounts on affected machines.
Description
IBM Engineering Systems Design Rhapsody 9.0.2, 10.0, and 10.0.1 is vulnerable to a stack-based buffer overflow, caused by improper bounds checking. A local user could overflow the buffer and execute arbitrary code on the system.