CVE-2021-45948

low-risk
Published 2022-01-01

Open Asset Import Library (aka assimp) 5.1.0 and 5.1.1 has a heap-based buffer overflow in _m3d_safestr (called from m3d_load and Assimp::M3DWrapper::M3DWrapper).

Do I need to act?

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0.21% chance of exploitation
EPSS score — low exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
5
CVSS 5.5/10 Medium
LOCAL / LOW complexity

Affected Products (2)

Affected Vendors

Assimp

References (6)

Exploit https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=34416
Third Party Advisory https://github.com/google/oss-fuzz-vulns/blob/main/vulns/assimp/OSV-2021-775.yam...
Third Party Advisory https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202210-01
Exploit https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=34416
Third Party Advisory https://github.com/google/oss-fuzz-vulns/blob/main/vulns/assimp/OSV-2021-775.yam...
Third Party Advisory https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202210-01
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low-risk
Severity 18/34 · Moderate
Exploitability 1/34 · Minimal
Exposure 7/34 · Low