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CVE-2026-82591
Open Asset Import Library Assimp MD5Loader.cpp MakeDataUnique heap-based overflow
Medium4.8EPSS 0.17%
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Description
A security vulnerability has been detected in Open Asset Import Library Assimp up to 6.0.2. The impacted element is the function MD5Importer::MakeDataUnique of the file code/AssetLib/MD5/MD5Loader.cpp. The manipulation of the argument iNewIndex leads to heap-based buffer overflow. The attack can only be performed from a local environment. The identifier of the patch is bf9dabb617c46e5133dac65cca6bff177917afcb. Applying a patch is the recommended action to fix this issue.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| VulDBCNA (assigner) | 4.0 | Medium4.8 | CVSS: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 |
| VulDBCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | Medium5.3 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:X/RL:O/RC:C |
| VulDBCNA (assigner) | 3.0 | Medium5.3 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:X/RL:O/RC:C |
| VulDBCNA (assigner) | 2.0 | Medium4.3 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P/E:ND/RL:OF/RC:C |
| NVDNVD · Deferred | 4.0 | Medium4.8 | CVSS: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 |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.17% · top 93% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.8.
Weakness
Affected products
Open Asset Import Library · Assimp
- affected 6.0.0
- affected 6.0.1
- affected 6.0.2
References (6)
- VDB-397086 | Open Asset Import Library Assimp MD5Loader.cpp MakeDataUnique heap-based overflow (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrytechnical-description
- VDB-397086 | CTI Indicators (IOB, IOC, IOA) (opens in a new tab)signaturepermissions-required
- CVE-2026-82591 | CVE Analysis and Report (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisory
- Submit #892413 | assimp Open Asset Import Library (assimp) 6.0.2 Heap-based Buffer Overflow (CWE-122) (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisory
- https://github.com/assimp/assimp/pull/6718 (opens in a new tab)issue-trackingpatch
- https://github.com/assimp/assimp/commit/bf9dabb617c46e5133dac65cca6bff177917afcb (opens in a new tab)patch
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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