CVE-2024-40724

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Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-40724
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2024-40724.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2024-40724
Downstream
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OESA (4)
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SUSE (6)
UBUNTU (1)
Related
openSUSE (2)
SUSE (6)
Published
2024-07-19T07:38:28Z
Modified
2026-10-28T10:41:58Z
Severity
  • 8.4 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

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.

Database specific 
{
    "cna_assigner": "jpcert",
    "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2024/40xxx/CVE-2024-40724.json"
}
References

Affected packages

Git / github.com/assimp/assimp

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://github.com/assimp/assimp
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affected
Fixed
ddb74c2bbdee1565dda667e85f0c82a0588c8053
Database specific
Show details 
{
    "extracted_events": [
        {
            "range": [
                {
                    "introduced": "0"
                },
                {
                    "fixed": "5.4.2"
                }
            ],
            "source": "AFFECTED_FIELD",
            "strategy": "VersionTextExtraction"
        },
        {
            "original_tag": "v5.4.2",
            "range": [
                {
                    "fixed": "ddb74c2bbdee1565dda667e85f0c82a0588c8053"
                }
            ],
            "source": "REFERENCES_TAG"
        },
        {
            "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:assimp:assimp:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "range": [
                {
                    "introduced": "0"
                },
                {
                    "fixed": "5.4.2"
                }
            ],
            "source": "CPE_RANGE"
        }
    ]
}

Affected versions

5.*
5.2.0
Release3.*
Release3.1_RC1
v.*
v.5.0.0.rc1
v.5.0.0.rc2
v3.*
v3.1-rc2
v3.1.1
v3.2
v3.3
v3.3.1
v4.*
v4.0.0
v4.0.0.rc1
v4.1.0
v5.*
v5.0.0
v5.1.0
v5.1.0.rc1
v5.1.1
v5.1.2
v5.1.3
v5.1.4
v5.1.5
v5.1.6
v5.2.0
v5.2.1
v5.2.2
v5.2.3
v5.2.4
v5.2.5
v5.3.0
v5.3.1
v5.4.0
v5.4.1

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2024-40724.json"
vanir_signatures 
[
    {
        "deprecated": false,
        "digest": {
            "line_hashes": [
                "291455476283361835711511609575513978478",
                "313169514497802252346797700359228820491",
                "45870465378493471748097096517231672446",
                "30820415993483754259931634674032409248"
            ],
            "threshold": 0.9
        },
        "id": "CVE-2024-40724-4525ea76",
        "signature_type": "Line",
        "signature_version": "v1",
        "source": "https://github.com/assimp/assimp/commit/ddb74c2bbdee1565dda667e85f0c82a0588c8053",
        "target": {
            "file": "code/AssetLib/Ply/PlyLoader.cpp"
        }
    },
    {
        "deprecated": false,
        "digest": {
            "function_hash": "71638971452699370389194316642882257001",
            "length": 4436
        },
        "id": "CVE-2024-40724-ca0d9a45",
        "signature_type": "Function",
        "signature_version": "v1",
        "source": "https://github.com/assimp/assimp/commit/ddb74c2bbdee1565dda667e85f0c82a0588c8053",
        "target": {
            "file": "code/AssetLib/Ply/PlyLoader.cpp",
            "function": "PLYImporter::LoadFace"
        }
    }
]
vanir_signatures_modified 
"2026-10-28T10:41:58Z"