What is CVE-2020-6149?

CVE-2020-6149 is a high-severity vulnerability in Pixar Openusd, classified under Heap-based Buffer Overflow. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2020-11-13.

How severe is CVE-2020-6149?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.

Buffer overflow in Pixar Openusd

CVE-2020-6149

A heap overflow vulnerability exists in Pixar OpenUSD 20.05 when the software parses compressed sections in binary USD files. To trigger this vulnerability, the victim needs to open an attacker-provided malformed file in an instance in USDC file format PATHS section.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.013 (68.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Pixar Openusd — versions 20.05
N/a Pixar — versions Pixar OpenUSD 20.05, Apple macOS Catalina 10.15.3

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-6149?: CVE-2020-6149 is a high-severity vulnerability in Pixar Openusd, classified under Heap-based Buffer Overflow. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2020-11-13.
How severe is CVE-2020-6149?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.