U.S. flag   An official website of the United States government
Dot gov

Official websites use .gov
A .gov website belongs to an official government organization in the United States.

Https

Secure .gov websites use HTTPS
A lock (Dot gov) or https:// means you've safely connected to the .gov website. Share sensitive information only on official, secure websites.

CVE-2025-3159 Detail

Description

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Open Asset Import Library Assimp 5.4.3. This affects the function Assimp::ASE::Parser::ParseLV4MeshBonesVertices of the file code/AssetLib/ASE/ASEParser.cpp of the component ASE File Handler. The manipulation leads to heap-based buffer overflow. The attack needs to be approached locally. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The identifier of the patch is e8a6286542924e628e02749c4f5ac4f91fdae71b. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue.


Metrics

NVD enrichment efforts reference publicly available information to associate vector strings. CVSS information contributed by other sources is also displayed.
CVSS 4.0 Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST CVSS score
NIST: NVD
N/A
NVD assessment not yet provided.

Nist CVSS score does not match with CNA score
CNA:  VulDB
CVSS-B 4.8 MEDIUM
Vector:  CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

By selecting these links, you will be leaving NIST webspace. We have provided these links to other web sites because they may have information that would be of interest to you. No inferences should be drawn on account of other sites being referenced, or not, from this page. There may be other web sites that are more appropriate for your purpose. NIST does not necessarily endorse the views expressed, or concur with the facts presented on these sites. Further, NIST does not endorse any commercial products that may be mentioned on these sites. Please address comments about this page to nvd@nist.gov.

Hyperlink Resource
https://github.com/assimp/assimp/issues/6024
https://github.com/assimp/assimp/issues/6024#issue-2877382033
https://github.com/assimp/assimp/pull/6051
https://github.com/tellypresence/assimp/commit/e8a6286542924e628e02749c4f5ac4f91fdae71b
https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.303105
https://vuldb.com/?id.303105
https://vuldb.com/?submit.542247

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-122 Heap-based Buffer Overflow VulDB  
CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer VulDB  

Change History

1 change records found show changes

Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2025-3159
NVD Published Date:
04/03/2025
NVD Last Modified:
04/07/2025
Source:
VulDB