CVE-2025-11015

5.3 MEDIUM

📋 TL;DR

A memory management vulnerability in OGRECave Ogre's STBIImageCodec::encode function allows local attackers to potentially execute arbitrary code or cause denial of service. This affects Ogre versions up to 14.4.1. The vulnerability requires local access to exploit.

💻 Affected Systems

Products:
  • OGRECave Ogre
Versions: Up to and including 14.4.1
Operating Systems: All platforms running Ogre
Default Config Vulnerable: ⚠️ Yes
Notes: Only affects systems using the STBICodec plugin for image encoding.

⚠️ Manual Verification Required

This CVE does not have specific version information in our database, so automatic vulnerability detection cannot determine if your system is affected.

Why? The CVE database entry doesn't specify which versions are vulnerable (no version ranges provided by the vendor/NVD).

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Recommended Actions:
  1. Review the CVE details at NVD
  2. Check vendor security advisories for your specific version
  3. Test if the vulnerability is exploitable in your environment
  4. Consider updating to the latest version as a precaution

⚠️ Risk & Real-World Impact

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Worst Case

Local privilege escalation leading to full system compromise via arbitrary code execution.

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Likely Case

Application crash or denial of service affecting the Ogre-based application.

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If Mitigated

Limited impact due to local-only exploitation requirement and proper access controls.

🌐 Internet-Facing: LOW - Attack requires local execution, cannot be exploited remotely.
🏢 Internal Only: MEDIUM - Local users could exploit this to compromise affected systems.

🎯 Exploit Status

Public PoC: ⚠️ Yes
Weaponized: UNKNOWN
Unauthenticated Exploit: ✅ No
Complexity: MEDIUM

Proof of concept available in public repository. Requires local access to execute.

🛠️ Fix & Mitigation

✅ Official Fix

Patch Version: 14.4.2 or later

Vendor Advisory: https://github.com/OGRECave/ogre/issues/3446

Restart Required: No

Instructions:

1. Update Ogre to version 14.4.2 or later. 2. Recompile any applications using Ogre with the updated library.

🔧 Temporary Workarounds

Disable STBICodec plugin

all

Remove or disable the STBICodec plugin to prevent exploitation

Remove OgreSTBICodec.dll/.so from plugins directory

🧯 If You Can't Patch

  • Restrict local user access to systems running vulnerable Ogre applications
  • Implement application sandboxing or containerization to limit exploit impact

🔍 How to Verify

Check if Vulnerable:

Check Ogre version with 'ogre --version' or examine linked library version

Check Version:

ogre --version

Verify Fix Applied:

Confirm Ogre version is 14.4.2 or later and STBICodec plugin is updated

📡 Detection & Monitoring

Log Indicators:

  • Application crashes related to STBICodec
  • Memory access violation errors in Ogre logs

Network Indicators:

  • None - local-only vulnerability

SIEM Query:

Process:ogre AND (EventID:1000 OR ExceptionCode:c0000005)

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