What is CVE-2024-53425?

CVE-2024-53425 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Assimp, classified under Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input (Classic Buffer Overflow). CVSS score: 6.2/10. Published 2024-11-21.

How severe is CVE-2024-53425?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.2 out of 10.

Buffer overflow in Assimp

CVE-2024-53425

A heap-buffer-overflow vulnerability was discovered in the SkipSpacesAndLineEnd function in Assimp v5.4.3. This issue occurs when processing certain malformed MD5 model files, leading to an out-of-bounds read and potential application crash.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.003 (22.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.2 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/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, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-53425?: CVE-2024-53425 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Assimp, classified under Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input (Classic Buffer Overflow). CVSS score: 6.2/10. Published 2024-11-21.
How severe is CVE-2024-53425?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.2 out of 10.