Luxion KeyShot DAE File Parser heap-based overflow

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A vulnerability has been found in Luxion KeyShot and classified as critical. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component DAE File Parser. Performing a manipulation results in heap-based overflow. This vulnerability was named CVE-2025-2531. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Luxion KeyShot (the affected version unknown). This affects an unknown part of the component DAE File Parser. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a heap-based overflow vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-122. A heap overflow condition is a buffer overflow, where the buffer that can be overwritten is allocated in the heap portion of memory, generally meaning that the buffer was allocated using a routine such as malloc(). This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Luxion KeyShot DAE File Parsing Heap-based Buffer Overflow Remote Code Execution Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of Luxion KeyShot. User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability in that the target must visit a malicious page or open a malicious file. The specific flaw exists within the parsing of dae files. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of the length of user-supplied data prior to copying it to a heap-based buffer. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of the current process. Was ZDI-CAN-23704.

The advisory is shared at zerodayinitiative.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2025-2531 since 03/19/2025. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 08/11/2025).

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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• Luxion

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• KeyShot

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