CVE-2025-5202 Open Asset Import Library Assimp HL1MDLLoader.cpp validate_header out-of-bounds
A local attacker can trigger an out-of-bounds read in Assimp's HL1MDL loader, potentially causing crashes or leaking memory contents.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2025-5202?
CVE-2025-5202 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Open Asset Import Library Assimp, published on 26 May 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
A vulnerability was found in Open Asset Import Library Assimp 5.4.3. It has been declared as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is the function HL1MDLLoader::validate_header of the file assimp/code/AssetLib/MDL/HalfLife/HL1MDLLoader.cpp. The manipulation leads to out-of-bounds read. An attack has to be approached locally. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The project decided to collect all Fuzzer bugs in a main-issue to address them in the future.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-5202?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Assimp Assimp.
How do I fix CVE-2025-5202?
No fix published yet.
Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.
Is CVE-2025-5202 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2025-5202 exists.
Other vulnerabilities in Open Asset Import Library Assimp
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2025-5202, GHSA-rvvg-x7w9-2mmq, JLSEC-2026-193, UBUNTU-CVE-2025-5202.