Vulnerability · Published Jun 1, 2026 · Assigned by VulDB
CVE-2026-10233Assimp Half-Life 1 MDL Loader HL1MDLLoader.cpp read_sequence_infos out-of-bounds
Low 3.3
In plain English
A low-severity out-of-bounds read in Assimp. Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.1% (higher than 1% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official description
A security vulnerability has been detected in Assimp up to 6.0.4. Affected by this issue is the function HL1MDLLoader::read_sequence_infos of the file HL1MDLLoader.cpp of the component Half-Life 1 MDL Loader. The manipulation of the argument aiString leads to out-of-bounds read. The attack needs to be performed locally. The exploit has been disclosed publicly and may be used. The project tagged the reported issue as bug.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian:12 | assimp | no fix listed | DEBIAN-CVE-2026-10233 |
| Debian:13 | assimp | no fix listed | DEBIAN-CVE-2026-10233 |
| Debian:14 | assimp | no fix listed | DEBIAN-CVE-2026-10233 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | assimp | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2026-10233 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | assimp | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2026-10233 |
| Ubuntu:25.10 | assimp | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2026-10233 |
| Ubuntu:26.04:LTS | assimp | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2026-10233 |
| Ubuntu:26.10 | assimp | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2026-10233 |
Affected products (as reported)
Weakness: CWE-125, CWE-119 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N/E:P/RL:X/RC:R
References
- VDB-367512 | Assimp Half-Life 1 MDL Loader HL1MDLLoader.cpp read_sequence_infos out-of-bounds vdb-entry, technical-description
- VDB-367512 | CTI Indicators (IOB, IOC, IOA) signature, permissions-required
- CVE-2026-10233 | CVE Analysis and Report third-party-advisory
- Submit #821196 | Assimp commit 17c12da Buffer Overflow third-party-advisory
- https://github.com/assimp/assimp/issues/6619 issue-tracking
- https://github.com/user-attachments/files/27228962/poc.zip exploit
- https://github.com/assimp/assimp/ product