CVE-2020-13520

HIGH
7.8
CVSS Score
Published: December 11, 2020 at 03:25 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 02:53 AM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsmacOSOpenusd

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Severity
HIGH7.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%

Description

An out of bounds memory corruption vulnerability exists in the way Pixar OpenUSD 20.05 reconstructs paths from binary USD files. A specially crafted malformed file can trigger an out of bounds memory modification which can result in remote code execution. To trigger this vulnerability, victim needs to access an attacker-provided malformed file.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

v < 11.1
Affected range stops below 11.1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.

References (2)

x_refsource_CONFIRMThird Party Advisory
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT212011
x_refsource_MISCExploitTechnical DescriptionThird Party Advisory
https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2020-1120

CVSS

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-119CWE-787

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