Is vtk affected by CVE-2025-57107?

PyPI vtk is affected in <9.5.1.

Is CVE-2025-57107 being exploited?

Not on the CISA KEV list. EPSS exploit probability is 0.1%.

high

CVE-2025-57107

Q: Is CVE-2025-57107 being exploited?

Not on the CISA KEV list. EPSS exploit probability is 0.1%.

PyPI · vtk

Summary

Kitware VTK (Visualization Toolkit) through 9.5.0 contains a heap buffer overflow vulnerability in vtkGLTFDocumentLoader. When processing specially crafted GLTF files, the copy constructor of Accessor objects fails to properly validate buffer boundaries before performing memory read operations.

Severity: high
EPSS: 0.1% (p4)
Also known as: PYSEC-2025-225
Published: 2025-10-31

References

https://gitlab.kitware.com/vtk/vtk/-/issues/19732

Related advisories

CVE-2025-57108 — critical · PyPI/vtk
CVE-2025-57106 — high · PyPI/vtk

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