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assimp — security advisory
A security flaw has been discovered in Assimp up to 6.0.4. Affected is the function HL1MDLLoader::extract_anim_value of the file HL1MDLLoader.cpp of the component Half-Life 1 MDL Loader. Performing a manipulation of the argument num.total results in heap-based buffer overflow. The attack must be initiated from a local position. The exploit has been released to the public and may be used for attacks. The project tagged the reported issue as bug.
- Products
- assimp
- Affected versions
- 3.0~dfsg-4ubuntu4, 3.1.1~dfsg-5, 3.2~dfsg-1, 3.2~dfsg-2, 3.2~dfsg-3, 3.3.1~dfsg-5, 3.3.1~dfsg-5+build1, 3.3.1~dfsg-5ubuntu1, 4.0.1~dfsg-1, 4.0.1~dfsg-1~exp2, 4.1.0~dfsg-1, 4.1.0~dfsg-2, 4.1.0~dfsg-3, 4.1.0~dfsg-5, 4.1.0~dfsg-5ubuntu1, 5.0.1~ds0-1build1, 5.0.1~ds0-2, 5.0.1~ds0-3ubuntu1, 5.1.4~ds0-1, 5.1.5~ds0-1, 5.1.6~ds0-1, 5.2.0~ds0-2, 5.2.1~ds0-1, 5.2.2~ds0-1, 5.2.5~ds0-1.1build1, 5.3.1+ds-1, 5.3.1+ds-2, 5.3.1+ds-2build1, 5.4.3+ds-2, 6.0.2+ds-1, 6.0.3+ds-1, 6.0.4+ds-1, 6.0.4+ds-1build1, 6.0.5+ds-1
- Fixed versions
- Not specified
- CVEs
- CVE-2026-10231
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 02:53 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
A security flaw has been discovered in Assimp up to 6.0.4. Affected is the function HL1MDLLoader::extract_anim_value of the file HL1MDLLoader.cpp of the component Half-Life 1 MDL Loader. Performing a manipulation of the argument num.total results in heap-based buffer overflow. The attack must be initiated from a local position. The exploit has been released to the public and may be used for attacks. The project tagged the reported issue as bug.
osv:UBUNTU-CVE-2026-10231
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Complete source record
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