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CVE-2026-27168 Detail

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.


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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
https://github.com/HappySeaFox/sail/security/advisories/GHSA-3g38-x2pj-mv55 GitHub, Inc.

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-122 Heap-based Buffer Overflow GitHub, Inc.  

Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2026-27168
NVD Published Date:
02/20/2026
NVD Last Modified:
02/20/2026
Source:
GitHub, Inc.