What is CVE-2024-48425?

CVE-2024-48425 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Assimp, classified under Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input (Classic Buffer Overflow). CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2024-10-24.

How severe is CVE-2024-48425?

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

Buffer overflow in Assimp

CVE-2024-48425

A segmentation fault (SEGV) was detected in the Assimp::SplitLargeMeshesProcess_Triangle::UpdateNode function within the Assimp library during fuzz testing using AddressSanitizer. The crash occurs due to a read access violation at address 0x000000000460, which points to the zero page, indicating a null or invalid pointer dereference.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.002 (15.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

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

Affected products

Assimp — versions 5.4.3
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-120 — Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input (Classic Buffer Overflow)

References

cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-48425?: CVE-2024-48425 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Assimp, classified under Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input (Classic Buffer Overflow). CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2024-10-24.
How severe is CVE-2024-48425?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.