CVE-2020-13497 Memory corruption in Pixar
An attacker can trigger out-of-bounds memory access in Pixar OpenUSD by providing a malformed file, potentially bypassing mitigations and aiding further exploitation.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2020-13497?
CVE-2020-13497 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Pixar, published on 2 Dec 2020. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
An exploitable vulnerability exists in the way Pixar OpenUSD 20.05 handles parses certain encoded types. A specially crafted malformed file can trigger an arbitrary out of bounds memory access in String Type Index. This vulnerability could be used to bypass mitigations and aid further exploitation. To trigger this vulnerability, the victim needs to access an attacker-provided malformed file.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-13497?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Pixar Openusd.
How do I fix CVE-2020-13497?
No fix has been published for CVE-2020-13497 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.
Is CVE-2020-13497 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-13497 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Pixar
Sources
Also known as GHSA-4j7x-9959-phm5.