CVE-2026-27168
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CVE-2026-27168 is a critical-severity vulnerability rated 9.8/10 on the CVSS scale. SAIL is a cross-platform library for loading and saving images with support for animation, metadata, and ICC profiles. All versions are vulnerable to Heap-based Buffer Overflow through the XWD parser's use of the bytes_per_line value. EPSS estimates a 0.40% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
Description
SAIL is a cross-platform library for loading and saving images with support for animation, metadata, and ICC profiles. All versions are vulnerable to Heap-based Buffer Overflow through the XWD parser's use of the bytes_per_line value. The value os read directly from the file as the read size in io->strict_read(), and is never compared to the actual size of the destination buffer. An attacker can provide an XWD file with an arbitrarily large bytes_per_line, causing a massive write operation beyond the buffer heap allocated for the image pixels. The issue did not have a fix at the time of publication.
Metrics
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness Enumeration
Affected Software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Sail | Sail | <= 0.9.10 |
References
- https://github.com/HappySeaFox/sail/security/advisories/GHSA-3g38-x2pj-mv55Exploit, Vendor Advisory
Timeline
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- Status
- Analyzed
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