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Red Hat: CVE-2025-6120: assimp: Open Asset Import Library heap-based overflow

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
Jun 16, 2025
Added
Jul 9, 2025
Modified
Jul 10, 2025

Description

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Open Asset Import Library Assimp up to 5.4.3. Affected by this vulnerability is the function read_meshes in the library assimp/code/AssetLib/MDL/HalfLife/HL1MDLLoader.cpp. The manipulation leads to heap-based buffer overflow. 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.

Solution

no-fix-redhat-rpm-package
Title
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