Kitware VTK up to 9.5.0 vtkGLTFDocumentLoader heap-based overflow

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Kitware VTK up to 9.5.0. It has been declared as critical. Affected by this issue is the function vtkGLTFDocumentLoader. Executing a manipulation can lead to heap-based overflow. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2025-57107. There is not any exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Kitware VTK up to 9.5.0 and classified as critical. This vulnerability affects the function vtkGLTFDocumentLoader. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a heap-based overflow vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is 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(). As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Kitware VTK (Visualization Toolkit) through 9.5.0 contains a heap buffer overflow vulnerability in vtkGLTFDocumentLoader. When processing specially crafted GLTF files, the copy constructor of Accessor objects fails to properly validate buffer boundaries before performing memory read operations.

The advisory is available at gitlab.kitware.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2025-57107 since 08/17/2025. The exploitation appears to be easy. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit. The structure of the vulnerability defines a possible price range of USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 11/01/2025).

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 272128 (Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2025-57107), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

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

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (272128) and EUVD (EUVD-2025-37361). If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Class: Heap-based overflow
CWE: CWE-122 / CWE-119
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Nessus ID: 272128
Nessus Name: Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2025-57107

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Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

08/17/2025 CVE reserved
10/31/2025 +75 days Advisory disclosed
10/31/2025 +0 days VulDB entry created
11/01/2025 +1 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: gitlab.kitware.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2025-57107 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2025-57107
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-330826
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Entryinfo

Created: 10/31/2025 16:12
Updated: 11/01/2025 06:54
Changes: 10/31/2025 16:12 (53), 11/01/2025 00:23 (1), 11/01/2025 06:54 (2)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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