Is CVE-2025-5165 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2025-5165 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2025-5165?

CVE-2025-5165 has a CVSS v3 base score of 3.3 (LOW).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2025-5165?

CVE-2025-5165 has an EPSS score of 0.21% (11th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2025-5165?

Upgrade assimp on debian unstable to 6.0.3+ds-1 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2025-5165

LOW

3.3

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

A vulnerability was found in Open Asset Import Library Assimp 5.4.3 and classified as problematic. This issue affects the function MDCImporter::ValidateSurfaceHeader of the file assimp/code/AssetLib/MDC/MDCLoader.cpp. The manipulation of the argument pcSurface2 leads to out-of-bounds read. Attacking locally is a requirement. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The project decided to collect all Fuzzer bugs in a main-issue to address them in the future.

CWE-119Buffer Overflow CWE-125Out-of-bounds Read

How to fix

Remediation Available

assimpDebian

Fixed in:6.0.3+ds-1CVE-2025-5165

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorLocal

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredLow

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityNone

IntegrityNone

AvailabilityLow

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

Exploit Intelligence

0.21%probability of exploitation in 30 days

11thpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 11% of all known CVEs.

References

Exploit2

Third-Party Advisory2

Issue Tracking1

github.com

VDB Entry1

vuldb.com

Related Vulnerabilities

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CVE-2023-4966	Critical	9.4	100%	KEV + Ransom	Fix
CVE-2017-11882	High	7.8	100%	KEV + Ransom	-
CVE-2020-0796	Critical	10.0	100%	KEV + Ransom	-
CVE-2008-4250	Critical	9.8	99%	KEV	-
CVE-2017-15944	Critical	9.8	98%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2015-0014	High	10.0	97%	-	-

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2025-06-03.