UBUNTU-CVE-2026-19970

Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-19970
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2026/UBUNTU-CVE-2026-19970.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2026-19970
Upstream
  • CVE-2026-19970
Published
2026-08-17T02:16:00Z
Modified
2026-08-19T11:01:27Z
Severity
  • 6.3 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L CVSS Calculator
  • 2.1 (Low) CVSS_V4 - CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
Details

A vulnerability was detected in Open Asset Import Library Assimp 17c12da. This affects the function Assimp::MDLImporter::AddBonesToNodeGraph3DGSMDL7 of the file code/AssetLib/MDL/MDLLoader.cpp of the component Node Parser. The manipulation of the argument bones_num results in heap-based buffer overflow. The attack can be executed remotely. The exploit is now public and may be used. The project was informed of the problem early through an issue report but has not responded yet.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS
assimp

Package

Name
assimp
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/assimp?arch=source&distro=xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

3.*
3.0~dfsg-4ubuntu4
3.1.1~dfsg-5
3.2~dfsg-1
3.2~dfsg-2
3.2~dfsg-3

Ecosystem specific

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "assimp-utils",
            "binary_version": "3.2~dfsg-3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libassimp3v5",
            "binary_version": "3.2~dfsg-3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "python-pyassimp",
            "binary_version": "3.2~dfsg-3"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2026/UBUNTU-CVE-2026-19970.json"
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS
assimp

Package

Name
assimp
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/assimp?arch=source&distro=bionic

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

3.*
3.3.1~dfsg-5
3.3.1~dfsg-5ubuntu1
3.3.1~dfsg-5+build1
4.*
4.0.1~dfsg-1~exp2
4.0.1~dfsg-1
4.1.0~dfsg-1
4.1.0~dfsg-2
4.1.0~dfsg-3

Ecosystem specific

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "assimp-utils",
            "binary_version": "4.1.0~dfsg-3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libassimp4",
            "binary_version": "4.1.0~dfsg-3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "python-pyassimp",
            "binary_version": "4.1.0~dfsg-3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "python3-pyassimp",
            "binary_version": "4.1.0~dfsg-3"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2026/UBUNTU-CVE-2026-19970.json"
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS
assimp

Package

Name
assimp
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/assimp?arch=source&distro=focal

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

4.*
4.1.0~dfsg-5
4.1.0~dfsg-5ubuntu1
5.*
5.0.1~ds0-1build1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "assimp-testmodels",
            "binary_version": "5.0.1~ds0-1build1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "assimp-utils",
            "binary_version": "5.0.1~ds0-1build1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libassimp5",
            "binary_version": "5.0.1~ds0-1build1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "python3-pyassimp",
            "binary_version": "5.0.1~ds0-1build1"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2026/UBUNTU-CVE-2026-19970.json"
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS
assimp

Package

Name
assimp
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/assimp?arch=source&distro=jammy

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

5.*
5.0.1~ds0-2
5.0.1~ds0-3ubuntu1
5.1.4~ds0-1
5.1.5~ds0-1
5.1.6~ds0-1
5.2.0~ds0-2
5.2.1~ds0-1
5.2.2~ds0-1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "assimp-testmodels",
            "binary_version": "5.2.2~ds0-1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "assimp-utils",
            "binary_version": "5.2.2~ds0-1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libassimp5",
            "binary_version": "5.2.2~ds0-1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "python3-pyassimp",
            "binary_version": "5.2.2~ds0-1"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2026/UBUNTU-CVE-2026-19970.json"
Ubuntu:24.04:LTS
assimp

Package

Name
assimp
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/assimp?arch=source&distro=noble

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

5.*
5.2.5~ds0-1.1build1
5.3.1+ds-1
5.3.1+ds-2
5.3.1+ds-2build1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "assimp-testmodels",
            "binary_version": "5.3.1+ds-2build1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "assimp-utils",
            "binary_version": "5.3.1+ds-2build1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libassimp5",
            "binary_version": "5.3.1+ds-2build1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "python3-pyassimp",
            "binary_version": "5.3.1+ds-2build1"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2026/UBUNTU-CVE-2026-19970.json"
Ubuntu:26.04:LTS
assimp

Package

Name
assimp
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/assimp?arch=source&distro=resolute

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

5.*
5.4.3+ds-2
6.*
6.0.2+ds-1
6.0.3+ds-1
6.0.4+ds-1
6.0.4+ds-1build1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "assimp-testmodels",
            "binary_version": "6.0.4+ds-1build1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "assimp-utils",
            "binary_version": "6.0.4+ds-1build1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libassimp6",
            "binary_version": "6.0.4+ds-1build1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "python3-pyassimp",
            "binary_version": "6.0.4+ds-1build1"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2026/UBUNTU-CVE-2026-19970.json"