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Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2025-15666
medium Nessus Plugin ID 324694
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Synopsis
The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed with a vulnerability that the vendor indicates will not be patched.Description
The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.- A security vulnerability has been detected in Open Asset Import Library Assimp up to 5.4.3. Affected by this vulnerability is the function Assimp::SceneCombiner::Copy of the file code/Common/SceneCombiner.cpp of the component Model File Handler. Such manipulation of the argument width/height leads to heap-based buffer overflow. An attack has to be approached locally. The exploit has been disclosed publicly and may be used. This and similar defects are tracked and handled via issue #6128. (CVE-2025-15666)
Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.
Solution
There is no known solution at this time.See Also
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2025-15666
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 324694
File Name: unpatched_CVE_2025_15666.nasl
Version: 1.6
Type: Local
Agent: unix
Family: Misc.
Published: 7/2/2026
Updated: 7/20/2026
Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Low
Score: 2.8
Percentile: 22.51
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 4.3
Temporal Score: 3.7
Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-15666
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 5.3
Temporal Score: 4.9
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:U/RC:C
CVSS v4
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 4.8
Threat Score: 1.9
Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:P
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
Vulnerability Information
CPE: cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:11.0, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:24.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:12.0, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:25.10, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:13.0, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:assimp, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:qt5-qt3d-examples, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:qt6-qtquick3d, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:26.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:qt5-qt3d, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:assimp, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:qt6-qtquick3d-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:qt6-qtquick3d-examples, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:qt5-qt3d-devel, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:22.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:14.0
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, global_settings/vendor_unpatched, Host/OS/identifier
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/1/2026
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2025-15666