CVE-2021-45948
MEDIUM
5.5
CVSS Score
Published: December 31, 2021 at 12:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 04:14 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorAssimp
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Severity
MEDIUM5.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 1.0%
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).
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (3)
ExploitIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=34416Third Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/google/oss-fuzz-vulns/blob/main/vulns/assimp/OSV-2021-775.yamlVendor AdvisoryThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202210-01CVSS
- Attack Vector
- LOCAL
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- NONE
- User Interaction
- REQUIRED
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- NONE
- Integrity
- NONE
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-787
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