936586 – (CVE-2024-40724) <media-libs/assimp-5.4.2: heap-based buffer overflow

Bug 936586 (CVE-2024-40724) - <media-libs/assimp-5.4.2: heap-based buffer overflow

Summary: <media-libs/assimp-5.4.2: heap-based buffer overflow

Status:	IN_PROGRESS

Alias:	CVE-2024-40724

Product:	Gentoo Security
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	Vulnerabilities (show other bugs)
Hardware:	All Linux

Importance:	Normal normal (vote)
Assignee:	Gentoo Security

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Whiteboard:	B2 [stable?]
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Reported:	2024-07-24 09:23 UTC by Agostino Sarubbo
Modified:	2024-07-24 11:17 UTC (History)
CC List:	2 users (show)

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Description Agostino Sarubbo gentoo-dev

2024-07-24 09:23:38 UTC

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2298818 :

Heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability in Assimp versions prior to 5.4.2 allows a local attacker to execute arbitrary code by inputting a specially crafted file into the product.

https://github.com/assimp/assimp/pull/5651/files