# CVE-2024-53425: A heap-buffer-overflow vulnerability was discovered in the SkipSpacesAndLineEnd function in Assimp v5.4.3.

- Also known as: PYSEC-2024-295
- 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: 2024-11-21 · Updated: 2024-11-26

## Affected

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

## Description

A heap-buffer-overflow vulnerability was discovered in the SkipSpacesAndLineEnd function in Assimp v5.4.3. This issue occurs when processing certain malformed MD5 model files, leading to an out-of-bounds read and potential application crash.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a, pyassimp, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/assimp/assimp/issues/5860

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