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CVE-2020-28589 (GCVE-0-2020-28589)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-08-11 12:37 – Updated: 2024-08-04 16:40
VLAI
Summary
An improper array index validation vulnerability exists in the LoadObj functionality of tinyobjloader v2.0-rc1 and tinyobjloader development commit 79d4421. A specially crafted file could lead to code execution. An attacker can provide a malicious file to trigger this vulnerability.
Severity
9.6 (Critical)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • CWE-129 - Improper Validation of Array Index
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
n/a tinyobjloader Affected: tinyobjloader development commit 79d4421 , tinyobjloader v2.0-rc1
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