CVE-2020-13498 Information disclosure in OpenUSD
Attackers can disclose information and bypass mitigations by tricking users into opening a malformed file in Pixar OpenUSD.
- 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-2020-13498?
CVE-2020-13498 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Apple OpenUSD, 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 which could lead to information disclosure. 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.
Weakness: CWE-125
Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-13498?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Pixar Openusd.
How do I fix CVE-2020-13498?
No fix has been published for CVE-2020-13498 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2020-13498 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-13498 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Apple OpenUSD
Sources
Also known as GHSA-6gj8-w93h-3r46.