#1106730 assimp: CVE-2025-5201

Package:
src:assimp
Source:
src:assimp
Submitter:
Moritz Mühlenhoff
Date:
2026-01-12 18:06:15 UTC
Severity:
normal
Tags:
#1106730#5
Date:
2025-05-28 18:31:34 UTC
From:
To:
Hi,

The following vulnerability was published for assimp.

CVE-2025-5201[0]:
| A vulnerability was found in Open Asset Import Library Assimp 5.4.3.
| It has been classified as problematic. Affected is the function
| LWOImporter::CountVertsAndFacesLWO2 of the file
| assimp/code/AssetLib/LWO/LWOLoader.cpp. The manipulation 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.

https://github.com/assimp/assimp/issues/6173

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-2025-5201
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-5201

Please adjust the affected versions in the BTS as needed.