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🛡️ CVE-2024-48425 — assimp

🟡 CVSS 5.5 — Medium ⚠️ Exploit Public CWE-120 NVD
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Description

A segmentation fault (SEGV) was detected in the Assimp::SplitLargeMeshesProcess_Triangle::UpdateNode function within the Assimp library during fuzz testing using AddressSanitizer. The crash occurs due to a read access violation at address 0x000000000460, which points to the zero page, indicating a null or invalid pointer dereference.

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached with local access to the system, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs low-level privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality none, integrity none, availability high.

CVSS metrics in full

The score comes from this vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

  • Attack vector: Local — a local account, shell or session on the host is needed.
  • Attack complexity: Low — the attack works reliably, with no preparation.
  • Privileges required: Low — an ordinary user account is enough.
  • User interaction: None — nobody has to be tricked into anything.
  • Scope: Unchanged — the damage stays inside the vulnerable component.
  • Confidentiality impact: None.
  • Integrity impact: None.
  • Availability impact: High — total loss, or loss the attacker controls.

Weakness class

CVE-2024-48425 is classified as CWE-120: Classic Buffer Overflow. Input is copied into a fixed-size buffer without a length check, overwriting memory past the end of it.

Affected software

CVE-2024-48425 is recorded against 2 packages.

  • assimp
  • pyassimp

Timeline and source

Published on 24 October 2024 and last revised on 17 June 2026. A public exploit is known to exist, which raises the urgency of patching considerably. Record sourced from NVD.

References

github.com

Other advisories for this package

assimp has other advisories on record. If you are patching this one, these are worth checking on the same host:

Same weakness in other software

These advisories are the same class of weakness (CWE-120: Classic Buffer Overflow) in other software:

CVE-2024-48425 on other distributions

Each distribution ships its own build and its own fixed version. Pick the one you run:

Details

Severity MEDIUM
CVSS Score 5.5
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE CWE-120
Public Exploit ⚠️ Yes
Source NVD
Published 2024-10-24
Updated 2026-08-20
Modified 2026-06-17
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
assimp — —
pyassimp — —

References

Exploit, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory https://github.com/assimp/assimp/issues/5791

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