VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2024-40724
Heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability in Assimp versions prior to 5.4.2 allows a local attacker to execute arbitrary code by inputting a specially crafted file into the product.
HIGH 7.8EPSS 0.28%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.28%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability in Assimp versions prior to 5.4.2 allows a local attacker to execute arbitrary code by inputting a specially crafted file into the product.
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.28% probability · 21th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-787, CWE-120
- Affected
- assimp/assimp
- Source
- vultures@jpcert.or.jp
References
- https://github.com/assimp/assimp/pull/5651/commits/614911bb3b1bfc3a1799ae2b3cca306270f3fb97Patch
- https://github.com/assimp/assimp/releases/tag/v5.4.2Release Notes
- https://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN87710540/Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/assimp/assimp/pull/5651/commits/614911bb3b1bfc3a1799ae2b3cca306270f3fb97Patch
- https://github.com/assimp/assimp/releases/tag/v5.4.2Release Notes
- https://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN87710540/Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.