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Vulnerability DatabaseCVE-2025-57107
CVE-2025-57107:
NixOS vulnerability analysis and mitigation
Overview
Kitware VTK (Visualization Toolkit) through version 9.5.0 contains a heap buffer overflow vulnerability in vtkGLTFDocumentLoader component. The vulnerability was disclosed on October 31, 2025, and affects the copy constructor of Accessor objects which fails to properly validate buffer boundaries before performing memory read operations (NVD).
Technical details
The vulnerability has been assigned a CVSS v3.1 base score of 7.1 (High), with the following vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H. The attack requires local access and user interaction, but no privileges. The vulnerability has been classified as CWE-122: Heap-based Buffer Overflow (NVD, AttackerKB).
Impact
The vulnerability can lead to high confidentiality and availability impacts, while integrity remains unaffected. When exploited, the heap buffer overflow could potentially allow an attacker to read sensitive information from memory or cause application crashes (NVD).
Mitigation and workarounds
Users should upgrade to a version newer than VTK 9.5.0 when available. The vulnerability has been reported and tracked in the VTK issue tracker (NVD).
Additional resources
Source: This report was generated using AI
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