What is CVE-2020-13531?

CVE-2020-13531 is a high-severity vulnerability in Pixar Openusd, classified under Use After Free. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2020-12-03.

How severe is CVE-2020-13531?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.

Use After Free in Pixar Openusd

CVE-2020-13531

A use-after-free vulnerability exists in a way Pixar OpenUSD 20.08 processes reference paths textual USD files. A specially crafted file can trigger the reuse of a freed memory which can result in further memory corruption and arbitrary code execution. To trigger this vulnerability, the victim needs to open an attacker-provided malformed file.

Vulnerability class: Use-After-Free

EPSS: 0.027 (84.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Pixar Openusd — versions 20.08
N/a Pixar — versions Pixar OpenUSD 20.08, Apple macOS Apple macOS Catalina 10.15.6

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-416 — Use After Free

References

talos-cna@cisco.com (Technical Description, Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-13531?: CVE-2020-13531 is a high-severity vulnerability in Pixar Openusd, classified under Use After Free. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2020-12-03.
How severe is CVE-2020-13531?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.