CVE-2025-2591

Open Asset Import Library Assimp MDLLoader.cpp InternReadFile_Quake1 divide by zero

State: Published
Severity: 5.3 Medium
Published: Mar 21, 2025
Updated: Mar 21, 2025
Reserved: Mar 21, 2025

Description

A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in Open Asset Import Library Assimp 5.4.3. This vulnerability affects the function MDLImporter::InternReadFile_Quake1 of the file code/AssetLib/MDL/MDLLoader.cpp. The manipulation of the argument skinwidth/skinheight leads to divide by zero. The attack can be initiated remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The patch is identified as ab66a1674fcfac87aaba4c8b900b315ebc3e7dbd. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue.

Scores

CVSS	Score	Vector	Source
4.0	5.3 Medium	CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N	VulDB
3.1	4.3 Medium	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L	VulDB
3.0	4.3 Medium	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L	VulDB
2.0	5.0 Medium	AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P	VulDB

Weaknesses

CWE-369 Divide By Zero
CWE-404 Denial of Service

Affected Products

Product	Versions
AssimpOpen Asset Import Library	5.4.3Affected

References

VDB-300574 | Open Asset Import Library Assimp MDLLoader.cpp InternReadFile_Quake1 divide by zerovdb-entrytechnical-description
VDB-300574 | CTI Indicators (IOB, IOC, TTP, IOA)signaturepermissions-required
Submit #517781 | Open Asset Import Library Assimp >=5.4.3 Divide By Zerothird-party-advisory
https://github.com/assimp/assimp/issues/6009issue-tracking
https://github.com/assimp/assimp/pull/6047issue-tracking
https://github.com/assimp/assimp/issues/6009#issue-2877367021exploitissue-tracking
https://github.com/assimp/assimp/pull/6047/commits/ab66a1674fcfac87aaba4c8b900b315ebc3e7dbdissue-trackingpatch

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