CVE-2025-15538 - CVE House

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Status published Medium CVE-2025-15538

Open Asset Import Library Assimp LWOMaterial.cpp FindUVChannels use after free

4.8 CVSS

Vulnerability Description

A security vulnerability has been detected in Open Asset Import Library Assimp up to 6.0.2. Affected by this vulnerability is the function Assimp::LWOImporter::FindUVChannels of the file /src/assimp/code/AssetLib/LWO/LWOMaterial.cpp. Such manipulation leads to use after free. The attack needs to be performed locally. The exploit has been disclosed publicly and may be used. This and similar defects are tracked and handled via issue #6128.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

The following person or organization is credited with identifying this vulnerability, as recorded in the NVD database:

sisyphus-w4ng (VulDB User)

References

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Affected Vendor

Open Asset Import Library

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Affected Software

Assimp

Vulnerable Versions:

6.0.0, 6.0.1, 6.0.2

Timeline

Official Publish: January 18th, 2026

Last Modified: February 23rd, 2026

Added to House: July 22nd, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: 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

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-416 CWE-119

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application

T1068 Exploitation for Privilege Escalation

Privilege Escalation

T1055 Process Injection

Defense Evasion

T1105 Ingress Tool Transfer

Command and Control

T1485 Data Destruction

T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution