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assimp — security advisory
Open Asset Import Library (aka assimp) 5.1.0 and 5.1.1 has a heap-based buffer overflow in _m3d_safestr (called from m3d_load and Assimp::M3DWrapper::M3DWrapper).
- Products
- assimp
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 5.1.1~ds0-1
- CVEs
- CVE-2021-45948
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 1 Nov 2026, 01:44 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
Open Asset Import Library (aka assimp) 5.1.0 and 5.1.1 has a heap-based buffer overflow in _m3d_safestr (called from m3d_load and Assimp::M3DWrapper::M3DWrapper).
osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2021-45948
assimp
Fixed versions: 5.1.1~ds0-1
assimp
Fixed versions: 5.1.1~ds0-1
assimp
Fixed versions: 5.1.1~ds0-1
Complete source record
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