What is CVE-2024-40724?

CVE-2024-40724 is a high-severity vulnerability in Assimp, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2024-07-19.

How severe is CVE-2024-40724?

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

Buffer overflow in Assimp

CVE-2024-40724

Heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability in Assimp versions prior to 5.4.2 allows a local attacker to execute arbitrary code by inputting a specially crafted file into the product.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

Published 2024-07-19 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

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

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.003 (18.6th percentile), scored 2026-10-01.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 19th percentile — 18.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.003 · newest: 0.003 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Assimp
Open Asset Import Library Assimp — versions prior to 5.4.2

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

github.com/assimp/assimp/releases/tag/v5.4.2 (Release Notes)
github.com/assimp/assimp/pull/5651/commits/614911bb3b1bfc3a1799ae2b3cca306270f3… (Patch)
jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN87710540/ (Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-40724?: CVE-2024-40724 is a high-severity vulnerability in Assimp, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2024-07-19.
How severe is CVE-2024-40724?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.