CVE-2012-4552: Steve J Baker Plib

Medium severity, CVSS 6.8. EPSS: 10% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Stack-based buffer overflow in the error function in ssg/ssgParser.cxx in PLIB 1.8.5 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted 3d model file that triggers a long error message, as demonstrated by a .ase file.

Affected products

Published 2012-11-18. Last modified 2026-06-16.