USN-7129-1: TinyGLTF vulnerability

26 November 2024

TinyGLTF could be made to crash or run programs as your login if it received specially crafted input.

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Releases

Packages

  • tinygltf - glTF loader and saver library

Details

It was discovered that TinyGLTF performed file path expansion in an
insecure way on certain inputs. An attacker could possibly use this
issue to cause a denial of service, or execute arbitrary code.

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Update instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu 22.04

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

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