Vulnerability · Published Nov 13, 2020 · Assigned by talos

CVE-2020-6155

High 8.8

In plain English

A high-severity heap buffer overflow in Pixar. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 2.7% (higher than 86% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.0)8.8High
Exploit odds (30 days)2.7%top 14.2% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

A heap overflow vulnerability exists in the Pixar OpenUSD 20.05 while parsing compressed value rep arrays in binary USD files. A specially crafted malformed file can trigger a heap overflow, which can result in remote code execution. To trigger this vulnerability, the victim needs to access an attacker-provided malformed file.

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
n/a Pixar Pixar OpenUSD 20.05, Apple macOS Catalina 10.15.3

Weakness: CWE-122 · Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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