CVE-2025-5166

Public on 2025-05-26
Modified on 2025-09-25
Description
A vulnerability was found in Open Asset Import Library Assimp 5.4.3. It has been classified as problematic. Affected is the function MDCImporter::InternReadFile of the file assimp/code/AssetLib/MDC/MDCLoader.cpp of the component MDC File Parser. The manipulation of the argument pcVerts leads to out-of-bounds read. It is possible to launch the attack on the local host. 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.

Amazon Linux will not provide fixes for: CVE-2025-5166, CVE-2025-5167, CVE-2025-5168, CVE-2025-5169, CVE-2025-5200, CVE-2025-5201, CVE-2025-5203, CVE-2025-5204. Amazon Linux has analyzed the CVEs and found that these pose low risk to the customer under normal usage. Customers are advised to not use 3D asset files from untrusted sources. Due to the nature of the impact and the upstream's decision to defer the fix indefinitely, Amazon Linux will not be providing the fix at this time.
Severity
Low severity
Low
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CVSS v3 Base Score
3.3
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Affected Packages

Platform Package Release Date Advisory Status
Amazon Linux 2 - Core qt5-qt3d No Fix Planned

CVSS Scores

Score Type Score Vector
Amazon Linux CVSSv3 3.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
NVD CVSSv3 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD CVSSv2 1.7 AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P