TI-2025-02795 Aliases CVE-2025-3196 GHSA-hj96-872g-wqc5

Open Asset Import Library Assimp Malformed File MD2Loader.cpp InternReadFile stack-based overflow

MEDIUM 55CWE-119Published 2025-04-04 · Updated 2025-07-23

Key facts

Attack vector: Local
Privileges required: Low
User interaction: None
Attack complexity: Low
Attack requirements: None
Impact type: —
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: Low · Low · Low
Fix status: Deferred Red Hat: fix deferred

Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat.

Summary

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Open Asset Import Library Assimp 5.4.3. Affected is the function Assimp::MD2Importer::InternReadFile in the library code/AssetLib/MD2/MD2Loader.cpp of the component Malformed File Handler. The manipulation of the argument Name leads to stack-based buffer overflow. The attack needs to be approached locally. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Why it matters now

Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV

EPSS 0.0032 25th percentileScored 2026-11-07

Public exploit Yes 2 exploit referencesTagged by the CNA and NVD

Fix Deferred Red Hat: fix deferred

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation: Poc
Automatable: No
Technical impact: Partial

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Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
Open Asset Import Library	Assimp	5.4.3	—	No fix listed	CNA

Assimp VendorOpen Asset Import Library Affected 5.4.3 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:assimp:assimp:5.4.3:::::::*	5.4.3	Vulnerable	Open Asset Import Library

cpe:2.3:a:assimp:assimp:5.4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.4.3 Vulnerable ·Open Asset Import Library

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

Product	Status	Plan or fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9	Affected	No fix yet: Fix deferred

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-3196
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-hj96-872g-wqc5

References

Exploit 2

Patch 1

https://github.com/assimp/assimp/milestone/11

TI-2022-22579 An issue was discovered with assimp 5.1.4, a use after free occurred in function… CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
TI-2024-32382 An issue in assimp v.5.4.3 allows a local attacker to execute arbitrary code via the… CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.4
TI-2024-35797 A heap-buffer-overflow vulnerability was discovered in the SkipSpacesAndLineEnd function… CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.2
TI-2024-32385 A segmentation fault (SEGV) was detected in the SortByPTypeProcess::Execute function in… CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.2
TI-2024-32384 A segmentation fault (SEGV) was detected in the… CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.5
TI-2024-32383 A heap-buffer-overflow vulnerability has been identified in the… CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.5

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Sources

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