Vulnerability · Published Oct 30, 2025 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2025-57109
Medium 6.5
In plain English
A medium-severity use-after-free in the vtk9 package (Debian). There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.3% (higher than 21% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Severity (CVSS 3.1)6.5Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.3%top 79.3% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
Kitware VTK (Visualization Toolkit) 9.5.0 is vulnerable to Heap Use-After-Free in vtkGLTFImporter::ImportActors. When processing GLTF files with invalid scene node references, the application accesses string members of mesh objects that have been previously freed during actor import operations.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian:12 | vtk9 | no fix listed | DEBIAN-CVE-2025-57109 |
| Debian:13 | vtk9 | no fix listed | DEBIAN-CVE-2025-57109 |
| Debian:14 | vtk9 | 9.6.2+ds-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2025-57109 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | vtk9 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2025-57109 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | vtk9 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2025-57109 |
| Ubuntu:25.10 | vtk9 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2025-57109 |
| Ubuntu:26.04:LTS | vtk9 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2025-57109 |
| Ubuntu:26.10 | vtk9 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2025-57109 |
Affected products (as reported)
Weakness: CWE-416 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L