Security advisory

{
  "id": "677068c9e18549194e568b98c2ece65b562360410b5c60a302506a40f79679e6",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-13531",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2020-13531",
    "summary": "A use-after-free vulnerability exists in a way Pixar OpenUSD 20.08 processes reference paths textual USD files. A specially crafted file can trigger the reuse of a freed memory which can result in further memory corruption and arbitrary code execution. To trigger this vulnerability, the victim needs to open an attacker-provided malformed file.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2020-13531",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "high",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2020-13531",
      "aliases": [
        "CVE-2020-13531"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "repo": "https://github.com/PixarAnimationStudios/OpenUSD",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "71b4baace2044ea4400ba802e91667f9ebe342f0"
                },
                {
                  "last_affected": "71b4baace2044ea4400ba802e91667f9ebe342f0"
                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
                "extracted_events": [
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:pixar:openusd:20.08:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "20.08"
                      },
                      {
                        "last_affected": "20.08"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_STRING"
                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "versions": [
            "20.08",
            "v20.08"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2020-13531.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-24T10:30:52.554690964Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2020-1145"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {}
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2020-13531",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 437734,
  "published_at": "2020-12-03T17:15:11.943+00:00"
}