A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Open Asset Import Library Assimp 5.4.3. Affected is the function Assimp::MD3Importer::ValidateSurfaceHeaderOffsets of the file code/AssetLib/MD3/MD3Loader.cpp of the component File Handler. The manipulation leads to heap-based buffer overflow. The attack needs to be approached locally. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used.

Metrics

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Attack Requirements None

User Interaction None

Vulnerable System Confidentiality Impact Low

Vulnerable System Integrity Impact Low

Vulnerable System Availability Impact Low

Subsequent System Confidentiality Impact None

Subsequent System Integrity Impact None

Subsequent System Availability Impact None

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact Low

User Interaction None

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact Low

User Interaction None

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication Single

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Affected Vendors & Products

No data.

No data.

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References
Link Providers
https://github.com/assimp/assimp/issues/6070 cve-icon cve-icon cve-icon
https://github.com/user-attachments/files/19580481/Assimp_MD3Importer_ValidateSurfaceHeaderOffsets-hbo.zip cve-icon cve-icon cve-icon
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-3549 cve-icon
https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.304590 cve-icon cve-icon cve-icon
https://vuldb.com/?id.304590 cve-icon cve-icon cve-icon
https://vuldb.com/?submit.546414 cve-icon cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-3549 cve-icon
History

Tue, 15 Apr 2025 02:15:00 +0000

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References
Metrics threat_severity

None

 threat_severity

Moderate

Mon, 14 Apr 2025 15:15:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Mon, 14 Apr 2025 03:15:00 +0000

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Description A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Open Asset Import Library Assimp 5.4.3. Affected is the function Assimp::MD3Importer::ValidateSurfaceHeaderOffsets of the file code/AssetLib/MD3/MD3Loader.cpp of the component File Handler. The manipulation leads to heap-based buffer overflow. The attack needs to be approached locally. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used.
Title Open Asset Import Library Assimp File MD3Loader.cpp ValidateSurfaceHeaderOffsets heap-based overflow
Weaknesses CWE-119
CWE-122
References
Metrics cvssV2_0

{'score': 4.3, 'vector': 'AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P'}

cvssV3_0

{'score': 5.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L'}

cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 4.8, 'vector': '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'}
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: VulDB

Published:

Updated: 2025-04-14T14:51:11.154Z

Reserved: 2025-04-13T17:47:14.206Z

Link: CVE-2025-3549

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-04-14T14:48:03.532Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2025-04-14T03:15:16.823

Modified: 2025-04-14T03:15:16.823

Link: CVE-2025-3549

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2025-04-14T03:00:08Z

Links: CVE-2025-3549 - Bugzilla