CVE-2026-10229

Assimp Half-Life 1 MDL Loader HL1MDLLoader.cpp read_meshes heap-based overflow

Assigner: VulDB
Reserved: 31.05.2026 Published: 01.06.2026 Updated: 01.06.2026

A vulnerability was determined in Assimp up to 6.0.4. This affects the function HL1MDLLoader::read_meshes of the file HL1MDLLoader.cpp of the component Half-Life 1 MDL Loader. This manipulation causes heap-based buffer overflow. The attack is restricted to local execution. The exploit has been publicly disclosed and may be utilized. The project tagged the reported issue as bug.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P
CVSS Score: 4.8

Exploitability Metrics		Vulnerable System Impact Metrics		Subsequent System Impact Metrics
Attack Vector	Local	Confidentiality	Low	Confidentiality	None
Attack Complexity	Low	Integrity	Low	Integrity	None
Attack Requirements	None	Availability	Low	Availability	None
Privileges Required	Low
User Interaction	None

CVSS 4.0

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:P/RL:X/RC:R
CVSS Score: 5.3

Attack Vector	Local	Scope	Unchanged
Attack Complexity	Low	Confidentiality Impact	Low
Privileges Required	Low	Integrity Impact	Low
User Interaction	None	Availability Impact	Low

CVSS 3.1

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:P/RL:X/RC:R
CVSS Score: 5.3

Attack Vector	Local	Scope	Unchanged
Attack Complexity	Low	Confidentiality Impact	Low
Privileges Required	Low	Integrity Impact	Low
User Interaction	None	Availability Impact	Low

CVSS 3.0

CVSS Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P/E:POC/RL:ND/RC:UR
CVSS Score: 4.3

Access Vector	Local	Confidentiality Impact	Partial
Access Complexity	Low	Integrity Impact	Partial
Authentication	Single	Availability Impact	Partial

CVSS 2.0

Product Status

Vendor	n/a
Product	Assimp
Versions	Version 6.0.0 is affected Version 6.0.1 is affected Version 6.0.2 is affected Version 6.0.3 is affected Version 6.0.4 is affected

Vendor

n/a

Product

Assimp

Versions

Version 6.0.0 is affected
Version 6.0.1 is affected
Version 6.0.2 is affected
Version 6.0.3 is affected
Version 6.0.4 is affected

Credits

TYGLS (VulDB User) reporter
VulDB CNA Team coordinator

References

Problem Types

Heap-based Buffer Overflow CWE
Memory Corruption CWE