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TI-2025-35446 Aliases CVE-2025-57108GHSA-9frg-3876-q98g

Kitware VTK (Visualization Toolkit) through 9.5.0 contains a heap use-after-free…

Priority HIGH 82CWE-416Published · Updated

Key facts

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

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-416 and the CVSS impact.

Summary

Kitware VTK (Visualization Toolkit) through 9.5.0 contains a heap use-after-free vulnerability in vtkGLTFDocumentLoader. The vulnerability manifests during mesh object copy operations where vector members are accessed after the underlying memory has been freed, specifically when handling GLTF files with corrupted or invalid mesh reference structures.

Why it matters now

Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00395 33rd 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

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
Poc
Automatable
Yes
Technical impact
Total

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:vtk:vtk:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*up to 9.5.0Vulnerablevtk
  • cpe:2.3:a:vtk:vtk:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions up to 9.5.0 Vulnerable ·vtk

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat's page for this CVE →

Not affected: 1 product
  • Red Hat

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-57108
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-9frg-3876-q98g

References

Exploit 1

  • TI-2025-35445 Kitware VTK (Visualization Toolkit) through 9.5.0 contains a heap buffer overflow… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.1
  • TI-2021-18807 Uncontrolled resource consumption in vtk CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2025-35444 Kitware VTK (Visualization Toolkit) up to 9.5.0 is vulnerable to Buffer Overflow in… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5

Sources

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