Application crash via zero animation count
Published Jun 1, 2026 · Updated Jun 1, 2026
Heap buffer over-read in Assimp 6.0.0 through 6.0.4 allows local users to crash applications by importing a crafted Half-Life 1 MDL file. HL1MDLLoader::extract_anim_value fails to reject a zero num.total field, so its loop never terminates and advances panimvalue beyond the allocated heap buffer. Exploitation requires a target application to process the malicious model locally; the published proof of concept demonstrates an out-of-bounds read and process abort, not code execution.
Summary
What happened
Heap buffer over-read in Assimp 6.0.0 through 6.0.4 allows local users to crash applications by importing a crafted Half-Life 1 MDL file. HL1MDLLoader::extract_anim_value fails to reject a zero num.total field, so its loop never terminates and advances panimvalue beyond the allocated heap buffer. Exploitation requires a target application to process the malicious model locally; the published proof of concept demonstrates an out-of-bounds read and process abort, not code execution.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2026-10231
- Published
- Jun 1, 2026
- Updated
- Jun 1, 2026
- Vendor
- Open Asset Import Library
- Product
- Assimp
- Classifications
- CWE-119, CWE-122, T1499.004
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Jun 1, 2026CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Jun 1, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
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- Affected versionversion=6.0.0
- Affected versionversion=6.0.1
- Affected versionversion=6.0.2
- Affected versionversion=6.0.3
- Affected versionversion=6.0.4
What conditions does exploitation require?
What is affected?
Attacks
What attackers are doing with it
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Weakness, pattern, technique
Public exploit references
- poc.mdl reproducer for Assimp issue 6616proof of concept · demonstrated
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