CVE-2025-5166

LOW

Assimp - Memory Corruption

Title source: rule
STIX 2.1

Description

A vulnerability was found in Open Asset Import Library Assimp 5.4.3. It has been classified as problematic. Affected is the function MDCImporter::InternReadFile of the file assimp/code/AssetLib/MDC/MDCLoader.cpp of the component MDC File Parser. The manipulation of the argument pcVerts leads to out-of-bounds read. It is possible to launch the attack on the local host. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The project decided to collect all Fuzzer bugs in a main-issue to address them in the future.

References (6)

Core 6
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry technical-description
https://vuldb.com/?id.310254
Permissions Required, VDB Entry signature permissions-required
https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.310254
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry third-party-advisory
https://vuldb.com/?submit.578001
Issue Tracking issue-tracking
https://github.com/assimp/assimp/issues/6128

Scores

CVSS v3 3.3
EPSS 0.0011
EPSS Percentile 29.3%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation poc
Automatable no
Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE
CWE-119 CWE-125
Status published
Products (1)
assimp/assimp 5.4.3
Published May 26, 2025
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026