CVE-2026-10229 (GCVE-0-2026-10229)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-06-01 05:45 – Updated: 2026-06-01 14:54
VLAI
Title
Assimp Half-Life 1 MDL Loader HL1MDLLoader.cpp read_meshes heap-based overflow
Summary
A vulnerability was determined in Assimp up to 6.0.4. This affects the function HL1MDLLoader::read_meshes of the file HL1MDLLoader.cpp of the component Half-Life 1 MDL Loader. This manipulation causes heap-based buffer overflow. The attack is restricted to local execution. The exploit has been publicly disclosed and may be utilized. The project tagged the reported issue as bug.
Severity
4.8 (Medium)
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/E:P
5.3 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:P/RL:X/RC:R
5.3 (Medium)
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:P/RL:X/RC:R
SSVC
Exploitation: poc Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
n/a Assimp Affected: 6.0.0
Affected: 6.0.1
Affected: 6.0.2
Affected: 6.0.3
Affected: 6.0.4
    cpe:2.3:a:assimp:assimp:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Credits
TYGLS (VulDB User) VulDB CNA Team
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