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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2020-6148

A heap overflow vulnerability exists in Pixar OpenUSD 20.05 when the software parses compressed sections in binary USD files. An instance exists in USDC file format FIELDSETS section decompression heap overflow.

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1 Nov 2026, 05:28 UTC · Revision 1

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CVE-2020-6148

core-osv · Original source

Published 13 Nov 2020, 15:15 UTC

A heap overflow vulnerability exists in Pixar OpenUSD 20.05 when the software parses compressed sections in binary USD files. An instance exists in USDC file format FIELDSETS section decompression heap overflow.

osv:CVE-2020-6148
Complete source record
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  "method": "structured",
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      "modified": "2026-10-24T10:30:29.250946907Z",
      "provider": "osv",
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