Kitware VTK up to 9.5.0 vtkGLTFDocumentLoader buffer overflow

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Kitware VTK up to 9.5.0. It has been rated as critical. This affects the function vtkGLTFDocumentLoader. The manipulation leads to buffer overflow. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2025-57106. No exploit exists.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Kitware VTK up to 9.5.0 and classified as critical. This issue affects the function vtkGLTFDocumentLoader. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a buffer overflow vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-120. The product copies an input buffer to an output buffer without verifying that the size of the input buffer is less than the size of the output buffer, leading to a buffer overflow. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Kitware VTK (Visualization Toolkit) up to 9.5.0 is vulnerable to Buffer Overflow in vtkGLTFDocumentLoader. The vulnerability occurs in the BufferDataExtractionWorker template function when processing GLTF accessor data.

It is possible to read the advisory at gitlab.kitware.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2025-57106 since 08/17/2025. The exploitation is known to be easy. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 11/01/2025).

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 272132 (Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2025-57106), 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 (272132) and EUVD (EUVD-2025-37362). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Buffer overflow
CWE: CWE-120 / CWE-119
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Local: No
Remote: Partially

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Nessus ID: 272132
Nessus Name: Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2025-57106

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Countermeasuresinfo

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-2025-57106 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2025-57106
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-330827
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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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