CVE-2025-5168
A vulnerability was found in Open Asset Import Library Assimp 5.4.3.
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.26%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
A vulnerability was found in Open Asset Import Library Assimp 5.4.3. It has been rated as problematic. Affected by this issue is the function MDLImporter::ImportUVCoordinate_3DGS_MDL345 of the file assimp/code/AssetLib/MDL/MDLLoader.cpp. The manipulation of the argument iIndex leads to out-of-bounds read. An attack has to be approached locally. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The project decided to collect all Fuzzer bugs in a main-issue to address them in the future.
- CVSS 4.0
- 4.8 MEDIUMCVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/M
- EPSS
- 0.26% probability · 18th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-119, CWE-125
- Affected
- assimp/assimp
- Source
- cna@vuldb.com
EPSS 0.3% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- https://github.com/assimp/assimp/issues/6128Issue Tracking
- https://github.com/assimp/assimp/issues/6170Exploit
- https://github.com/user-attachments/files/20208878/reproducer.zipExploit
- https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.310256Permissions Required, VDB Entry
- https://vuldb.com/?id.310256Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://vuldb.com/?submit.578003Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://github.com/assimp/assimp/issues/6170Exploit
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.