# CVE-2024-48426: A segmentation fault (SEGV) was detected in the SortByPTypeProcess::Execute function in the Assimp library during fuzz testing with AddressS

- Also known as: PYSEC-2024-294
- Severity: CVSS 6.2 (Medium), CISA-ADP
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2024-10-24 · Updated: 2024-10-29

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported
- pyassimp (PyPI): through 5.4.3

## Description

A segmentation fault (SEGV) was detected in the SortByPTypeProcess::Execute function in the Assimp library during fuzz testing with AddressSanitizer. The crash occurred due to a read access to an invalid memory address (0x1000c9714971).

## What to do

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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/assimp/assimp/issues/5789

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