{"id":"CVE-2020-13531","details":"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.","modified":"2026-03-14T10:02:05.367531Z","published":"2020-12-03T17:15:11.943Z","references":[{"type":"EVIDENCE","url":"https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2020-1145"}],"affected":[{"ranges":[{"type":"GIT","repo":"https://github.com/pixaranimationstudios/usd","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"last_affected":"71b4baace2044ea4400ba802e91667f9ebe342f0"}],"database_specific":{"versions":[{"introduced":"0"},{"last_affected":"20.08"}]}}],"versions":["v0.7.0","v0.7.1","v0.7.2","v0.7.3","v0.7.4","v0.7.5","v0.7.6","v0.8.0","v0.8.1","v0.8.2","v0.8.3","v0.8.4","v0.8.5","v0.8.5a","v18.09","v18.11","v19.01","v19.03","v19.05","v19.07","v19.11","v20.02","v20.05","v20.08"],"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2020-13531.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"}]}