Vulnerability · Published Dec 3, 2020 · Assigned by talos
CVE-2020-13531
High 8.8
In plain English
A high-severity use-after-free in Pixar. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 2.8% (higher than 87% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS 3.0)8.8High
Exploit odds (30 days)2.8%top 13.5% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
A use-after-free vulnerability exists in a way Pixar OpenUSD 20.08 processes reference paths textual USD files. A specially crafted file can trigger the reuse of a freed memory which can result in further memory corruption and arbitrary code execution. To trigger this vulnerability, the victim needs to open an attacker-provided malformed file.
Affected products (as reported)
Weakness: CWE-416 · Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
References
- https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2020-1145 x_refsource_MISC