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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2020-13495

An exploitable vulnerability exists in the way Pixar OpenUSD 20.05 handles file offsets in binary USD files. A specially crafted malformed file can trigger an arbitrary out-of-bounds memory access that could lead to the disclosure of sensitive information. This vulnerability could be used to bypass mitigations and aid additional exploitation. To trigger this vulnerability, the victim needs to access an attacker-provided file.

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1 Nov 2026, 06:04 UTC · Revision 1

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CVE-2020-13495

core-osv · Original source

Published 18 Apr 2022, 17:15 UTC

An exploitable vulnerability exists in the way Pixar OpenUSD 20.05 handles file offsets in binary USD files. A specially crafted malformed file can trigger an arbitrary out-of-bounds memory access that could lead to the disclosure of sensitive information. This vulnerability could be used to bypass mitigations and aid additional exploitation. To trigger this vulnerability, the victim needs to access an attacker-provided file.

osv:CVE-2020-13495
Complete source record
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  "method": "structured",
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    "title": "CVE-2020-13495",
    "summary": "An exploitable vulnerability exists in the way Pixar OpenUSD 20.05 handles file offsets in binary USD files. A specially crafted malformed file can trigger an arbitrary out-of-bounds memory access that could lead to the disclosure of sensitive information. This vulnerability could be used to bypass mitigations and aid additional exploitation. To trigger this vulnerability, the victim needs to access an attacker-provided file.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2020-13495",
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          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N"
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      ],
      "affected": [
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      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-24T10:30:34.796126205Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2020-1104"
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  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 433617,
  "published_at": "2022-04-18T17:15:12.057+00:00"
}