A security vulnerability has been detected in Open Asset Import Library Assimp up to 6.0.2. The impacted element is the function MD5Importer::MakeDataUnique of the file code/AssetLib/MD5/MD5Loader.cpp. The manipulation of the argument iNewIndex leads to heap-based buffer overflow. The attack can only be performed from a local environment. The identifier of the patch is bf9dabb617c46e5133dac65cca6bff177917afcb. Applying a patch is the recommended action to fix this issue.
https://vuldb.com/vuln/397086/cti
https://vuldb.com/submit/892413
https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2026-82591
https://github.com/assimp/assimp/pull/6718
https://github.com/assimp/assimp/commit/bf9dabb617c46e5133dac65cca6bff177917afcb
Published: 2026-08-30
Updated: 2026-08-30
Base Score: 4.3
Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
Severity: Medium
Base Score: 5.3
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
Severity: Medium
Base Score: 4.8
Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Severity: Medium