#1106731 assimp: CVE-2025-5200

Package:
src:assimp
Source:
src:assimp
Submitter:
Moritz Mühlenhoff
Date:
2026-02-23 17:39:27 UTC
Severity:
normal
Tags:
#1106731#5
Date:
2025-05-28 18:31:17 UTC
From:
To:
Hi,

The following vulnerability was published for assimp.

CVE-2025-5200[0]:
| A vulnerability was found in Open Asset Import Library Assimp 5.4.3
| and classified as problematic. This issue affects the function
| MDLImporter::InternReadFile_Quake1 of the file
| assimp/code/AssetLib/MDL/MDLLoader.cpp. The manipulation leads to
| out-of-bounds read. It is possible to launch the attack on the local
| host. 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/6172


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-2025-5200
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-5200

Please adjust the affected versions in the BTS as needed.