Vulnerability · Published Dec 31, 2021 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2021-45948
Medium 5.5
In plain English
A medium-severity security flaw in the assimp package (Debian). There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 1.0% (higher than 62% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Severity (CVSS NVD)5.5Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)1.0%top 37.8% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
Open Asset Import Library (aka assimp) 5.1.0 and 5.1.1 has a heap-based buffer overflow in _m3d_safestr (called from m3d_load and Assimp::M3DWrapper::M3DWrapper).
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian:12 | assimp | 5.1.1~ds0-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2021-45948 |
| Debian:13 | assimp | 5.1.1~ds0-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2021-45948 |
| Debian:14 | assimp | 5.1.1~ds0-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2021-45948 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | assimp | 5.2.2~ds0-1 | UBUNTU-CVE-2021-45948 |