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Fencer Vulns
high 8.4

CVE-2024-40724 json

Heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability in Assimp versions prior to 5.4.2 allows a local attacker to execute arbitrary code by inputting a…

published 2024-07-19 2 y ago modified 2026-07-18 3 mo ago also EUVD-2024-38589 , JLSEC-2026-187

cvss
8.4
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.3%
EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 20%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • julia assimp_jll 6.0.4+0
  • open_asset_import_library open_asset_import_library 5.4.2
  • assimp Debian 14, Debian 13 5.4.2+ds-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2024-40724

  • libqt5-qt3d SLE Module for Desktop Applications 15 SP5, openSUSE Leap 15.5 5.15.8+kde0-150500.3.3.1
  • libqt5-qtquick3d SLE Module for Package Hub 15 SP5, openSUSE Leap 15.5 5.15.8+kde1-150500.3.3.1
  • libqt5-qtquick3d SLE Module for Package Hub 15 SP6, openSUSE Leap 15.6 5.15.12+kde1-150600.3.3.1
  • libqt5-qt3d SLE Module for Desktop Applications 15 SP6, openSUSE Leap 15.6 5.15.12+kde0-150600.3.3.1
  • libqt5-qt3d SLES for SAP 15 SP4, SLES 15 SP4-LTSS, SLE High Performance Computing 15 SP4-LTSS +1 more 5.15.2+kde39-150400.3.3.1
  • libqt5-qt3d SLES for SAP 15 SP3, SLES for SAP 15 SP2, SLES 15 SP3-LTSS +4 more 5.12.7-150200.4.3.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2024:3079-1SUSE-SU-2024:3078-1SUSE-SU-2024:2985-1SUSE-SU-2024:2984-1SUSE-SU-2024:2976-1SUSE-SU-2024:2975-1

  • assimp openSUSE Tumbleweed 5.4.3-1.1
  • assimp Package Hub 15 SP6, Package Hub 15 SP5, openSUSE Leap 15.6 +1 more 5.3.1-bp156.3.3.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:14329-1openSUSE-SU-2024:0225-1

  • assimp Alpine 3.24, Alpine 3.23, Alpine 3.22 +2 more 5.4.3-r0

alpine advisories ALPINE-CVE-2024-40724

Alpine secdb © Alpine Linux, from https://secdb.alpinelinux.org via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2024-40724 updated

assimp: heap-based buffer overflow

  • Red Hat All currently supported Red Hat products
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
total
Assessed
2 y ago

Exploit prediction

0.28% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 20% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CISA ADP 3.1 8.4 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 3.1 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CNA 3.1 8.4 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
OSV 3.1 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
julia assimp_jll
<6.0.4+0
6.0.4+0

Affected products

  • Open Asset Import Library Assimp
  • open_asset_import_library open_asset_import_library

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-120 Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input
  • CWE-787 Out-of-bounds Write

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.