diff -Naur OpenSceneGraph-2.8.2.orig/src/osgPlugins/3ds/mesh.cpp OpenSceneGraph-2.8.2/src/osgPlugins/3ds/mesh.cpp
--- OpenSceneGraph-2.8.2.orig/src/osgPlugins/3ds/mesh.cpp	2006-08-21 17:07:31.000000000 +0200
+++ OpenSceneGraph-2.8.2/src/osgPlugins/3ds/mesh.cpp	2010-11-03 01:59:17.531418640 +0100
@@ -93,8 +93,11 @@
             faces=lib3ds_word_read(f);
             for (i=0; i<faces; ++i) {
               index=lib3ds_word_read(f);
-              ASSERT(index<mesh->faces);
-              strcpy(mesh->faceL[index].material, name);
+              if (index<mesh->faces) {
+                strncpy(mesh->faceL[index].material, name, 64);
+              } else {
+                // TODO warning
+              }
             }
           }
           break;