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.
Source: https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-13531
Reference (s):
- https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2020-1145
- URL: https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2020-1145