CVE-2025-57107: Kitware VTK · Heap-based Buffer Overflow
Source CVE Database V5
Not known to be exploited · CVSS 7.1 High.
Data as of 26 Oct 2026, 13:47 UTC
- EPSS
- 0.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 7% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:HExploitation evidence
Disclosed: evidence found.
CVE published 31 Oct 2025
Detectable: no evidence on record.
No public nuclei template indexed
Weaponised: no evidence on record.
No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB
Exploited in the wildExploited: no evidence on record.
Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation
Observed by OffSeq MirageSeen by Mirage: no evidence on record.
No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors
A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 26 Oct 2026.
What to do
AI-suggested
- Monitor Kitware and associated software vendors for official patches addressing CVE-2025-57107 and apply them promptly upon release.
- Until patches are available, implement strict input validation and sanitization for GLTF files before processing, rejecting files that do not conform to expected formats or sizes.
- Use sandboxing or containerization techniques to isolate the GLTF processing components, limiting the impact of potential exploitation.
- Restrict the sources of GLTF files to trusted origins and implement file integrity checks to prevent malicious file injection.
- Employ runtime protections such as Address Space Layout Randomization (ASLR), Data Execution Prevention (DEP), and control flow integrity to mitigate exploitation impact.
- Conduct security awareness training for users who handle 3D model files to recognize suspicious files or behaviors.
- Review and update incident response plans to include scenarios involving exploitation of visualization toolkit vulnerabilities.
- Consider alternative visualization libraries temporarily if patching is delayed and risk is high.
Description
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.