Medium severity · published Jan 1, 2022
CVE-2021-45948
Open Asset Import Library (aka assimp) 5.1.0 and 5.1.1 has a heap-based buffer overflow in _m3d_safestr (called from m3d_load and Assimp::M3DWrapper::M3DWrapper)
5.5
CVSS
1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Open Asset Import Library (aka assimp) 5.1.0 and 5.1.1 has a heap-based buffer overflow in _m3d_safestr (called from m3d_load and Assimp::M3DWrapper::M3DWrapper).
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)1.0% · higher than 62% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
AS
Assimp · Assimp
5.1.0; 5.1.1 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-45948
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-45948
Exploit
https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=34416
Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/google/oss-fuzz-vulns/blob/main/vulns/assimp/OSV-2021-775.yaml
Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202210-01
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