Which versions of Assimp are affected by CVE-2025-5167?

Organizations using A vulnerability should be aware of moderate risk from CVE-2025-5167, a buffer overflow vulnerability rated CVSS 4.8.. A patch is available.

Is there a public PoC exploit available for CVE-2025-5167?

Yes, a public proof-of-concept exploit is available for CVE-2025-5167. Prioritise patching immediately. EPSS: 0.1%.

How to fix or mitigate CVE-2025-5167?

During next maintenance window: Identify affected systems and apply vendor patches when convenient. Monitor vendor channels for patch availability.

Assimp CVE-2025-5167

Q: What is the CVSS score of CVE-2025-5167?

CVE-2025-5167 has a CVSS 4.0 base score of 4.8 (Medium). CVSS vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X. EPSS exploitation probability: 0.1%.

MEDIUM

Buffer Overflow (CWE-119)

2025-05-26 cna@vuldb.com

Buffer Overflow Assimp Red Hat Suse

4.8

CVSS 4.0 · NVD

Severity by source

NVD PRIMARY

4.8 MEDIUM

CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

SUSE

1.7 LOW

AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

Red Hat

3.3 LOW

qualitative

Primary rating from NVD.

CVSS VectorNVD

CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Lifecycle Timeline

Patch released

Apr 06, 2026 - 14:30 nvd

Patch available

Analysis Generated

Mar 28, 2026 - 18:43 vuln.today

PoC Detected

Jun 03, 2025 - 15:40 vuln.today

Public exploit code

CVE Published

May 26, 2025 - 04:15 nvd

MEDIUM 4.8

DescriptionCVE.org

A vulnerability was found in Open Asset Import Library Assimp 5.4.3. It has been declared as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is the function LWOImporter::GetS0 in the library assimp/code/AssetLib/LWO/LWOLoader.h. The manipulation of the argument out leads to out-of-bounds read. The attack needs to be approached locally. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The project decided to collect all Fuzzer bugs in a main-issue to address them in the future.

AnalysisAI

A vulnerability was found in Open Asset Import Library Assimp 5.4.3. Rated medium severity (CVSS 4.8), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

Technical ContextAI

This vulnerability is classified as Buffer Overflow (CWE-119), which allows attackers to corrupt memory to execute arbitrary code or crash the application. A vulnerability was found in Open Asset Import Library Assimp 5.4.3. It has been declared as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is the function LWOImporter::GetS0 in the library assimp/code/AssetLib/LWO/LWOLoader.h. The manipulation of the argument out leads to out-of-bounds read. The attack needs to be approached locally. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The project decided to collect all Fuzzer bugs in a main-issue to address them in the future. Affected products include: Assimp.

RemediationAI

No vendor patch is available at time of analysis. Monitor vendor advisories for updates. Use memory-safe languages or bounds-checking. Enable ASLR, DEP/NX, stack canaries. Use safe string functions.