CVE-2020-13531

Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2020-12-03 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-416

Description

A use-after-free vulnerability exists in a way Pixar OpenUSD 20.08 processes reference paths textual USD files. A specially crafted file can trigger the reuse of a freed memory which can result in further memory corruption and arbitrary code execution. To trigger this vulnerability, the victim needs to open an attacker-provided malformed file.

Affected products

Pixar OpenUSD: 20.08

References

https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2020-1145
https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2020-1145

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