What is CVE-2022-38528?

CVE-2022-38528 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Assimp, classified under Out-of-bounds Read. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2022-09-06.

How severe is CVE-2022-38528?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Out-of-bounds Read in Assimp

CVE-2022-38528

Open Asset Import Library (assimp) commit 3c253ca was discovered to contain a segmentation violation via the component Assimp::XFileImporter::CreateMeshes.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

Published 2022-09-06 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.007 (52.8th percentile), scored 2026-10-05.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 53rd percentile — 52.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.007 · newest: 0.007 · change: +0.000

Affected products

Assimp — versions 5.2.5

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-125 — Out-of-bounds Read

References

github.com/assimp/assimp/issues/4662 (Technical Description, Exploit, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-38528?: CVE-2022-38528 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Assimp, classified under Out-of-bounds Read. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2022-09-06.
How severe is CVE-2022-38528?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.