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.
History

Tue, 01 Sep 2026 07:30:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Sun, 30 Aug 2026 23:00:00 +0000

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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.
Title Open Asset Import Library Assimp MD5Loader.cpp MakeDataUnique heap-based overflow
First Time appeared Assimp
Assimp assimp
Weaknesses CWE-119
CWE-122
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:assimp:assimp:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Assimp
Assimp assimp
References
Metrics cvssV2_0

{'score': 4.3, 'vector': 'AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P/E:ND/RL:OF/RC:C'}

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/E:X/RL:O/RC:C'}

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/E:X/RL:O/RC:C'}

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/E:X'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: VulDB

Published:

Updated: 2026-08-31T18:56:49.387Z

Reserved: 2026-08-30T06:11:59.586Z

Link: CVE-2026-82591

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-08-31T18:56:45.926Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2026-08-30T23:17:08.137

Modified: 2026-09-01T20:48:22.513

Link: CVE-2026-82591

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-08-31T03:00:06Z