What is CVE-2021-45948?

CVE-2021-45948 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Assimp, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2022-01-01.

How severe is CVE-2021-45948?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

Buffer overflow in Assimp

CVE-2021-45948

Open Asset Import Library (aka assimp) 5.1.0 and 5.1.1 has a heap-based buffer overflow in _m3d_safestr (called from m3d_load and Assimp::M3DWrapper::M3DWrapper).

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.009 (57.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Assimp — versions 5.1.0, 5.1.1
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-787 — Out-of-bounds Write

References

cve@mitre.org (Third Party Advisory)
cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-45948?: CVE-2021-45948 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Assimp, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2022-01-01.
How severe is CVE-2021-45948?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.