CVE-2025-5166

Name
CVE-2025-5166
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.
NVD Severity
unknown
Other trackers
CVE, NVD, CERT, CVE Details, CIRCL, Arch Linux, Debian, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE (Bugzilla), SUSE (CVE), Mageia
Mailing lists
oss-security, full-disclosure, bugtraq
Exploits
Exploit DB, Metasploit
Forges
GitHub (code, issues), Aports (code, issues)

References

Type URI
issue-tracking https://github.com/assimp/assimp/issues/6128
issue-tracking https://github.com/assimp/assimp/issues/6168
exploit https://github.com/user-attachments/files/20208318/reproducer.zip
signature https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.310254
vdb-entry https://vuldb.com/?id.310254
third-party-advisory https://vuldb.com/?submit.578001

Match rules

CPE URI Source package Min version Max version
assimp == 5.4.3 == 5.4.3
cpe:2.3:a:assimp:assimp:5.4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* assimp == None == 5.4.3

Vulnerable and fixed packages

Source package Branch Version Maintainer Status
assimp edge-community 5.4.3-r0 Russ Webber <russ@rw.id.au> possibly vulnerable
assimp 3.22-community 5.4.3-r0 Russ Webber <russ@rw.id.au> possibly vulnerable