TI-2020-10578 Aliases CVE-2020-13493 GHSA-375c-626v-c7m7

Heap-based buffer overflow in Pixar

LOW 37CWE-122Published 2020-12-02 · Updated 2024-08-04

Key facts

Attack vector: Local
Privileges required: None
User interaction: Required
Attack complexity: Low
Impact type: Code execution
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: High · High · High
Fix status: No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-122 and the CVSS impact.

Summary

A heap overflow vulnerability exists in Pixar OpenUSD 20.05 when the software parses compressed sections in binary USD files. A specially crafted USDC file format path jumps decompression heap overflow in a way path jumps are processed. To trigger this vulnerability, the victim needs to open an attacker-provided malformed file.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.01347 71st percentileScored 2026-11-07

Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD

Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
—	Pixar	Pixar OpenUSD 20.05, Apple macOS Catalina 10.15.3	—	No fix listed	CNA

Pixar Vendor— Affected Pixar OpenUSD 20.05, Apple macOS Catalina 10.15.3 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 2

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:pixar:openusd:20.05:::::::*	20.05	Vulnerable	Pixar
cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:-:::::::*	not specified by NVD	Running on	Apple

cpe:2.3:a:pixar:openusd:20.05:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 20.05 Vulnerable ·Pixar
cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions not specified by NVD Running on ·Apple

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2020-13493
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-375c-626v-c7m7

References

Exploit 1

https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2020-1094

TI-2020-10580 Memory corruption in Apple macOS CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.5
TI-2020-10610 Use after free in Pixar CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
TI-2020-05020 Heap-based buffer overflow in Pixar CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
TI-2020-10600 Memory corruption in Pixar CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
TI-2020-05021 Heap-based buffer overflow in Pixar CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
TI-2020-05017 Heap-based buffer overflow in Pixar CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8

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Sources

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