#1106594 assimp: CVE-2025-5168

Package:
src:assimp
Source:
src:assimp
Submitter:
Salvatore Bonaccorso
Date:
2026-01-12 18:06:12 UTC
Severity:
normal
Tags:
#1106594#5
Date:
2025-05-26 18:21:43 UTC
From:
To:
Hi,

The following vulnerability was published for assimp.

CVE-2025-5168[0]:
| A vulnerability was found in Open Asset Import Library Assimp 5.4.3.
| It has been rated as problematic. Affected by this issue is the
| function MDLImporter::ImportUVCoordinate_3DGS_MDL345 of the file
| assimp/code/AssetLib/MDL/MDLLoader.cpp. The manipulation of the
| argument iIndex leads to out-of-bounds read. An attack has 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.


If you fix the vulnerability please also make sure to include the
CVE (Common Vulnerabilities & Exposures) id in your changelog entry.

For further information see:

[0] https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2025-5168
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-5168
[1] https://github.com/assimp/assimp/issues/6170

Please adjust the affected versions in the BTS as needed.

Regards,
Salvatore