Kitware VTK up to 9.5.0 GLTF File Parser vtkGLTFDocumentLoader use after free

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as critical has been detected in Kitware VTK up to 9.5.0. This issue affects the function vtkGLTFDocumentLoader of the component GLTF File Parser. This manipulation causes use after free. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2025-57108. There is no exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Kitware VTK up to 9.5.0. It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is the function vtkGLTFDocumentLoader of the component GLTF File Parser. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a use after free vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-416. Referencing memory after it has been freed can cause a program to crash, use unexpected values, or execute code. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Kitware VTK (Visualization Toolkit) through 9.5.0 contains a heap use-after-free vulnerability in vtkGLTFDocumentLoader. The vulnerability manifests during mesh object copy operations where vector members are accessed after the underlying memory has been freed, specifically when handling GLTF files with corrupted or invalid mesh reference structures.

The advisory is shared at gitlab.kitware.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2025-57108 since 08/17/2025. The exploitation appears to be easy. Technical details are known, but no exploit is available. The price 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 272127 (Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2025-57108), 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 (272127) and EUVD (EUVD-2025-37360). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Use after free
CWE: CWE-416 / CWE-119
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Local: No
Remote: Partially

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Nessus ID: 272127
Nessus Name: Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2025-57108

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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: 19736
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2025-57108 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2025-57108
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-330829
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Entryinfo

Created: 10/31/2025 17:02
Updated: 11/01/2025 06:54
Changes: 10/31/2025 17:02 (55), 11/01/2025 00:23 (1), 11/01/2025 06:54 (2)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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