Out-of-Bounds Affecting assimp package, versions <6.0.3+ds-1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
low
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.27% (20th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN14-ASSIMP-11736157
  • published10 Aug 2025
  • disclosed14 Apr 2025

Introduced: 14 Apr 2025

CVE-2025-3549  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-122  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:14 assimp to version 6.0.3+ds-1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream assimp package and not the assimp package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:14 relevant fixed versions and status.

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Open Asset Import Library Assimp 5.4.3. Affected is the function Assimp::MD3Importer::ValidateSurfaceHeaderOffsets of the file code/AssetLib/MD3/MD3Loader.cpp of the component File Handler. The manipulation leads to heap-based buffer overflow. The attack needs to be approached locally. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1