CVE-2025-5166Public exploit

Process crash via unchecked MDC vertex pointers

Published May 26, 2025 · Updated May 28, 2025

Out-of-bounds read in Assimp 5.4.3 MDC File Parser allows local users to crash an importing process with a malformed MDC file. MDCImporter::InternReadFile derives pcVerts and pcCVerts from file-controlled surface offsets without confirming that the required vertex arrays remain inside the surface block. Exploitation requires low-privilege local access and a process that imports the crafted file; the demonstrated consequence is process termination.

CVSS severity5.5
Medium
EPSS probability0.25%
Next 30 days · Sep 16, 2026
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
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Summary

What happened

Out-of-bounds read in Assimp 5.4.3 MDC File Parser allows local users to crash an importing process with a malformed MDC file. MDCImporter::InternReadFile derives pcVerts and pcCVerts from file-controlled surface offsets without confirming that the required vertex arrays remain inside the surface block. Exploitation requires low-privilege local access and a process that imports the crafted file; the demonstrated consequence is process termination.

The record

CVE
CVE-2025-5166
Published
May 26, 2025
Updated
May 28, 2025
Vendor
Open Asset Import Library
Product
Assimp
Classifications
CWE-125, CWE-119, T1203
Attack vector
local
Privileges
authenticated

Timeline

How it unfolded

  1. May 26, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
  2. May 28, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.

Exploitability

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Is a vulnerable build present?

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  1. Affected versionversion=5.4.3

What conditions does exploitation require?

Attack vectorlocal
Required privilegesauthenticated

What is affected?

Open Asset Import Library · Assimpversion=5.4.3

Published CVSS scores

3.3VulDB CNACVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
5.5NIST NVDCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
1.7VulDB CNAAV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P
4.8VulDB CNACVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
3.3VulDB CNACVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

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Attacks

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Sep 10, 2026Sep 16, 2026
Latest reporting daySep 16, 2026
Latest daily unique IPsUnavailable
Prior 30-day averageUnavailable
SourceShadowserver honeypots (KEV)
Vectorlocal
Privilegesauthenticated
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
Public exploitPublished

Weakness, pattern, technique

CWE-125Out-of-bounds Read
CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
T1203Exploitation for Client Execution

Public exploit references

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