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Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow')

CVE-2024-48424

Severity Medium
Score 5.5/10

Summary

A heap-buffer-overflow vulnerability has been identified in the "OpenDDLParser::parseStructure" function within the Assimp library, specifically during the processing of "OpenGEX" files. This issue affects the package assimp versions 3.2 and after.

  • LOW
  • LOCAL
  • NONE
  • UNCHANGED
  • NONE
  • LOW
  • NONE
  • HIGH

CWE-120 - Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow')

The program copies an input buffer to an output buffer without verifying that the size of the input buffer is less than the size of the output buffer, leading to a buffer overflow.

Advisory Timeline

  • Published