Open Asset Import Library Assimp up to 5.4.3 File include/assimp/types.h aiString::Set heap-based overflow

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Open Asset Import Library Assimp up to 5.4.3. It has been classified as critical. Affected is the function aiString::Set in the library include/assimp/types.h of the component File Handler. The manipulation leads to heap-based overflow. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2025-3548. An attack has to be approached locally. Furthermore, there is an exploit available. Applying a patch is the recommended action to fix this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Open Asset Import Library Assimp up to 5.4.3. This issue affects the function aiString::Set in the library include/assimp/types.h of the component File Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a heap-based overflow vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to 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(). Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The weakness was shared by Chen Lihai with Xidian University as 6068. The advisory is shared at github.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2025-3548. The exploitation is known to be easy. An attack has to be approached locally. Technical details as well as a public exploit are known.

The exploit is available at github.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 235880 (Amazon Linux 2 : qt5-qt3d (ALAS-2025-2848)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at github.com.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (235880) and EUVD (EUVD-2025-10859). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Heap-based overflow
CWE: CWE-122 / CWE-119
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Nessus ID: 235880
Nessus Name: Amazon Linux 2 : qt5-qt3d (ALAS-2025-2848)

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Recommended: Patch
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Patch: github.com

Timelineinfo

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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: 6068
Researcher: Chen Lihai
Organization: Xidian University
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2025-3548 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2025-3548
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-304589
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scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013

Entryinfo

Created: 04/13/2025 19:50
Updated: 07/23/2025 14:36
Changes: 04/13/2025 19:50 (60), 04/14/2025 05:20 (30), 05/14/2025 13:16 (2), 07/18/2025 02:03 (12), 07/23/2025 11:03 (2), 07/23/2025 14:36 (1)
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Committer: Anonymous User
Cache ID: 216::103

Submitinfo

Accepted

  • Submit #546413: Open Asset Import Library Assimp v5.4.3 Heap-based Buffer Overflow (by github.com)

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