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CVE-2025-3196

Open Asset Import Library Assimp Malformed File MD2Loader.cpp InternReadFile stack-based overflow

4.8 MediumFix available

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Open Asset Import Library Assimp 5.4.3. Affected is the function Assimp::MD2Importer::InternReadFile in the library code/AssetLib/MD2/MD2Loader.cpp of the component Malformed File Handler. The manipulation of the argument Name leads to stack-based buffer overflow. The attack needs to be approached locally. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges needed
Low
User interaction
None

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
Low

Exploit likelihood

0.32%Up 0.3 points since Apr 4, 2025
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

CVE List Score used 4.8

Open Asset Import Library Assimp Malformed File MD2Loader.cpp InternReadFile stack-based overflow

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Open Asset Import Library Assimp 5.4.3. Affected is the function Assimp::MD2Importer::InternReadFile in the library code/AssetLib/MD2/MD2Loader.cpp of the component Malformed File Handler. The manipulation of the argument Name leads to stack-based buffer overflow. The attack needs to be approached locally. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Record
CVE-2025-3196
CVSS 4.0
4.8 MediumCVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P
CVSS 3.1
5.3 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:P/RL:O/RC:C
CVSS 3.0
5.3 MediumCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:P/RL:O/RC:C
CVSS 2.0
4.3 AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P/E:POC/RL:OF/RC:C
Weakness
CWE-121, CWE-119
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2025-9663 4.8

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Open Asset Import Library Assimp 5.4.3. Affected is the function Assimp::MD2Importer::InternReadFile in the library code/AssetLib/MD2/MD2Loader.cpp of the component Malformed File Handler. The manipulation of the argument Name leads to stack-based buffer overflow. The attack needs to be approached locally. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Record
EUVD-2025-9663
CVSS 4.0
4.8 MediumCVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P
Updated
2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-hj96-872g-wqc5 4.8

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Open Asset Import Library Assimp...

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Open Asset Import Library Assimp 5.4.3. Affected is the function Assimp::MD2Importer::InternReadFile in the library code/AssetLib/MD2/MD2Loader.cpp of the component Malformed File Handler. The manipulation of the argument Name leads to stack-based buffer overflow. The attack needs to be approached locally. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Record
GHSA-hj96-872g-wqc5
CVSS 4.0
4.8 MediumCVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/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/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
CVSS 3.1
5.3 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
Weakness
CWE-119, CWE-787
Updated
2026-11-02
NVD 1.9

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Open Asset Import Library Assimp 5.4.3. Affected is the function Assimp::MD2Importer::InternReadFile in the library code/AssetLib/MD2/MD2Loader.cpp of the component Malformed File Handler. The manipulation of the argument Name leads to stack-based buffer overflow. The attack needs to be approached locally. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Record
CVE-2025-3196
CVSS 4.0
1.9 LowCVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
CVSS 3.1
5.3 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
CVSS 3.1
5.5 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 2.0
4.3 MediumAV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weakness
CWE-119, CWE-121, CWE-787
Updated
2026-11-02
OSV 1.9

Open Asset Import Library Assimp Malformed File MD2Loader.cpp InternReadFile stack-based overflow

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Open Asset Import Library Assimp 5.4.3. Affected is the function Assimp::MD2Importer::InternReadFile in the library code/AssetLib/MD2/MD2Loader.cpp of the component Malformed File Handler. The manipulation of the argument Name leads to stack-based buffer overflow. The attack needs to be approached locally. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Record
CVE-2025-3196
CVSS 4.0
1.9 LowCVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P
Weakness
CWE-119, CWE-121
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2025-3196 5.5

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Open Asset Import Library Assimp 5.4.3. Affected is the function Assimp::MD2Importer::InternReadFile in the library code/AssetLib/MD2/MD2Loader.cpp of the component Malformed File Handler. The manipulation of the argument Name leads to stack-based buffer overflow. The attack needs to be approached locally. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2025-3196
CVSS 3.1
5.5 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
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OSVOESA-2025-2178 5.3

assimp security update

Assimp is a library to load and process geometric scenes from various data formats. Assimp aims to provide a full asset conversion pipeline for use in game engines and real-time rendering systems of any kind, but is not limited to this purpose.

Security Fix(es):

A vulnerability has been found in Open Asset Import Library Assimp 5.4.3 and classified as problematic. This vulnerability affects the function Assimp::CSMImporter::InternReadFile of the file code/AssetLib/CSM/CSMLoader.cpp of the component CSM File Handler. The manipulation of the argument na leads to out-of-bounds read. The attack can be initiated remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used.(CVE-2025-2751)

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Open Asset Import Library Assimp 5.4.3. Affected by this issue is the function Assimp::LWO::AnimResolver::UpdateAnimRangeSetup of the file code/AssetLib/LWO/LWOAnimation.cpp of the component LWO File Handler. The manipulation leads to heap-based buffer overflow. It is possible to launch the attack on the local host. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used.(CVE-2025-3158)

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Open Asset Import Library Assimp 5.4.3. Affected is the function Assimp::MD2Importer::InternReadFile in the library code/AssetLib/MD2/MD2Loader.cpp of the component Malformed File Handler. The manipulation of the argument Name leads to stack-based buffer overflow. The attack needs to be approached locally. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.(CVE-2025-3196)

Record
OESA-2025-2178
CVSS 3.1
5.3 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVOESA-2025-2179 5.3

assimp security update

Assimp is a library to load and process geometric scenes from various data formats. Assimp aims to provide a full asset conversion pipeline for use in game engines and real-time rendering systems of any kind, but is not limited to this purpose.

Security Fix(es):

A vulnerability has been found in Open Asset Import Library Assimp 5.4.3 and classified as problematic. This vulnerability affects the function Assimp::CSMImporter::InternReadFile of the file code/AssetLib/CSM/CSMLoader.cpp of the component CSM File Handler. The manipulation of the argument na leads to out-of-bounds read. The attack can be initiated remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used.(CVE-2025-2751)

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Open Asset Import Library Assimp 5.4.3. Affected by this issue is the function Assimp::LWO::AnimResolver::UpdateAnimRangeSetup of the file code/AssetLib/LWO/LWOAnimation.cpp of the component LWO File Handler. The manipulation leads to heap-based buffer overflow. It is possible to launch the attack on the local host. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used.(CVE-2025-3158)

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Open Asset Import Library Assimp 5.4.3. Affected is the function Assimp::MD2Importer::InternReadFile in the library code/AssetLib/MD2/MD2Loader.cpp of the component Malformed File Handler. The manipulation of the argument Name leads to stack-based buffer overflow. The attack needs to be approached locally. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.(CVE-2025-3196)

Record
OESA-2025-2179
CVSS 3.1
5.3 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVOESA-2025-2252 5.3

assimp security update

Assimp is a library to load and process geometric scenes from various data formats. Assimp aims to provide a full asset conversion pipeline for use in game engines and real-time rendering systems of any kind, but is not limited to this purpose.

Security Fix(es):

A vulnerability has been found in Open Asset Import Library Assimp 5.4.3 and classified as problematic. This vulnerability affects the function Assimp::CSMImporter::InternReadFile of the file code/AssetLib/CSM/CSMLoader.cpp of the component CSM File Handler. The manipulation of the argument na leads to out-of-bounds read. The attack can be initiated remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used.(CVE-2025-2751)

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Open Asset Import Library Assimp 5.4.3. Affected by this issue is the function Assimp::LWO::AnimResolver::UpdateAnimRangeSetup of the file code/AssetLib/LWO/LWOAnimation.cpp of the component LWO File Handler. The manipulation leads to heap-based buffer overflow. It is possible to launch the attack on the local host. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used.(CVE-2025-3158)

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Open Asset Import Library Assimp 5.4.3. Affected is the function Assimp::MD2Importer::InternReadFile in the library code/AssetLib/MD2/MD2Loader.cpp of the component Malformed File Handler. The manipulation of the argument Name leads to stack-based buffer overflow. The attack needs to be approached locally. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.(CVE-2025-3196)

Record
OESA-2025-2252
CVSS 3.1
5.3 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVOESA-2026-2558 9.8

assimp security update

Assimp is a library to load and process geometric scenes from various data formats. Assimp aims to provide a full asset conversion pipeline for use in game engines and real-time rendering systems of any kind, but is not limited to this purpose.

Security Fix(es):

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Open Asset Import Library Assimp 5.4.3. This issue affects the function Assimp::BaseImporter::ConvertToUTF8 of the file BaseImporter.cpp of the component File Handler. The manipulation leads to heap-based buffer overflow. The attack may be initiated remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used.(CVE-2025-2152)

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Open Asset Import Library Assimp 5.4.3. This affects the function Assimp::ASEImporter::BuildUniqueRepresentation of the file code/AssetLib/ASE/ASELoader.cpp of the component ASE File Handler. The manipulation of the argument mIndices leads to out-of-bounds read. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. Upgrading to version 6.0 is able to address this issue. The patch is named 7c705fde418d68cca4e8eff56be01b2617b0d6fe. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue.(CVE-2025-3015)

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Open Asset Import Library Assimp 5.4.3. Affected by this issue is the function Assimp::LWO::AnimResolver::UpdateAnimRangeSetup of the file code/AssetLib/LWO/LWOAnimation.cpp of the component LWO File Handler. The manipulation leads to heap-based buffer overflow. It is possible to launch the attack on the local host. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used.(CVE-2025-3158)

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Open Asset Import Library Assimp 5.4.3. Affected is the function Assimp::MD2Importer::InternReadFile in the library code/AssetLib/MD2/MD2Loader.cpp of the component Malformed File Handler. The manipulation of the argument Name leads to stack-based buffer overflow. The attack needs to be approached locally. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.(CVE-2025-3196)

Record
OESA-2026-2558
CVSS 3.1
9.8 CriticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVOESA-2026-2559 5.5

assimp security update

Assimp is a library to load and process geometric scenes from various data formats. Assimp aims to provide a full asset conversion pipeline for use in game engines and real-time rendering systems of any kind, but is not limited to this purpose.

Security Fix(es):

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Open Asset Import Library Assimp 5.4.3. Affected by this issue is the function Assimp::LWO::AnimResolver::UpdateAnimRangeSetup of the file code/AssetLib/LWO/LWOAnimation.cpp of the component LWO File Handler. The manipulation leads to heap-based buffer overflow. It is possible to launch the attack on the local host. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used.(CVE-2025-3158)

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Open Asset Import Library Assimp 5.4.3. Affected is the function Assimp::MD2Importer::InternReadFile in the library code/AssetLib/MD2/MD2Loader.cpp of the component Malformed File Handler. The manipulation of the argument Name leads to stack-based buffer overflow. The attack needs to be approached locally. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.(CVE-2025-3196)

Record
OESA-2026-2559
CVSS 3.1
5.5 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVPYSEC-2025-170 5.5

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Open Asset Import Library Assimp 5.4.3. Affected is the function Assimp::MD2Importer::InternReadFile in the library code/AssetLib/MD2/MD2Loader.cpp of the component Malformed File Handler. The manipulation of the argument Name leads to stack-based buffer overflow. The attack needs to be approached locally. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Record
PYSEC-2025-170
CVSS 3.1
5.5 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2025-3196 1.9

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Open Asset Import Library Assimp 5.4.3. Affected is the function Assimp::MD2Importer::InternReadFile in the library code/AssetLib/MD2/MD2Loader.cpp of the component Malformed File Handler. The manipulation of the argument Name leads to stack-based buffer overflow. The attack needs to be approached locally. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2025-3196
CVSS 4.0
1.9 LowCVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P
CVSS 3.1
5.5 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 3.1
5.3 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2025:15198-1 No score

assimp-devel-6.0.1-1.1 on GA media

These are all security issues fixed in the assimp-devel-6.0.1-1.1 package on the GA media of openSUSE Tumbleweed.

Record
openSUSE-SU-2025:15198-1
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
assimp
Debian:12
 All versions, plus listed versions
5.2.5~ds0-15.2.5~ds0-1.15.3.1+ds-15.3.1+ds-25.4.0+ds-1
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5.4.1+ds-15.4.2+ds-15.4.3+ds-25.4.3+ds-36.0.2+ds-16.0.3+ds-16.0.4+ds-16.0.4+ds-36.0.5+ds-1
 None known
assimp
Debian:13
 All versions, plus listed versions
5.4.3+ds-25.4.3+ds-36.0.2+ds-16.0.3+ds-16.0.4+ds-16.0.4+ds-36.0.5+ds-1
 None known
assimp
Debian:14
 before 6.0.2+ds-1, plus listed versions
5.4.3+ds-25.4.3+ds-3
6.0.2+ds-1
assimp
openEuler:24.03-LTS-SP2
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
 before 5.3.1-10.oe2403sp2
5.3.1-10.oe2403sp2
assimp
openEuler:24.03-LTS-SP1
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
 before 5.3.1-10.oe2403sp1
5.3.1-10.oe2403sp1
assimp
openEuler:24.03-LTS
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
 before 5.3.1-10.oe2403
5.3.1-10.oe2403
assimp
openEuler:20.03-LTS-SP4
From an advisory covering 4 CVEs
 before 3.3.1-33.oe2003sp4
3.3.1-33.oe2003sp4
assimp
openEuler:22.03-LTS-SP4
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
 before 5.2.4-18.oe2203sp4
5.2.4-18.oe2203sp4
pyassimp
PyPI
 through 5.4.3, plus listed versions
0.13.34.1.14.1.24.1.34.1.45.2.5
 None known
assimp
Ubuntu:16.04:LTS
 All versions, plus listed versions
3.0~dfsg-4ubuntu43.1.1~dfsg-53.2~dfsg-13.2~dfsg-23.2~dfsg-3
 None known
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Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
assimp
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS
 All versions, plus listed versions
3.3.1~dfsg-53.3.1~dfsg-5ubuntu13.3.1~dfsg-5+build14.0.1~dfsg-1~exp24.0.1~dfsg-14.1.0~dfsg-14.1.0~dfsg-24.1.0~dfsg-3
 None known
assimp
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS
 All versions, plus listed versions
4.1.0~dfsg-54.1.0~dfsg-5ubuntu15.0.1~ds0-1build1
 None known
assimp
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS
 All versions, plus listed versions
5.0.1~ds0-25.0.1~ds0-3ubuntu15.1.4~ds0-15.1.5~ds0-15.1.6~ds0-15.2.0~ds0-25.2.1~ds0-15.2.2~ds0-1
 None known
assimp
Ubuntu:24.04:LTS
 All versions, plus listed versions
5.2.5~ds0-1.1build15.3.1+ds-15.3.1+ds-25.3.1+ds-2build1
 None known
assimp
Ubuntu:25.10
 All versions, plus listed versions
5.4.3+ds-2
 None known
assimp
Ubuntu:26.10
 All versions, plus listed versions
6.0.4+ds-1build16.0.5+ds-1
 None known
assimp
Ubuntu:26.04:LTS
 All versions, plus listed versions
5.4.3+ds-26.0.2+ds-16.0.3+ds-16.0.4+ds-16.0.4+ds-1build1
 None known
assimp
openSUSE:Tumbleweed
From an advisory covering 5 CVEs
 before 6.0.1-1.1
6.0.1-1.1

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
affected, facts
first indexedCVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2025-3196 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 4.8) in Assimp, published April 4, 2025. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.32%, the 25th percentile. Fixed in assimp 6.0.2+ds-1.

References

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