Medium severity · published Dec 3, 2020
CVE-2020-13524
An out-of-bounds memory corruption vulnerability exists in the way Pixar OpenUSD 20.05 uses SPECS data from binary USD files
5.5
CVSS
0.8%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
An out-of-bounds memory corruption vulnerability exists in the way Pixar OpenUSD 20.05 uses SPECS data from binary USD files. A specially crafted malformed file can trigger an out-of-bounds memory access and modification which results in memory corruption. To trigger this vulnerability, the victim needs to access an attacker-provided malformed file.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.8% · higher than 57% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
MA
macOS · Apple
11.0 before 11.1 · source: NVD
MO
Mac OS X · Apple
10.14.0 before 10.14.6; 10.15 before 10.15.7; 10.14.6; 10.14.6; 10.14.6; 10.14.6; +11 more · source: NVD
OP
Openusd · Pixar
20.05 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-13524
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-13524
Mailing List
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/Dec/26
Mailing List
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/Dec/32
Third Party Advisory
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT212011
Exploit
https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2020-1125
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