CVE-2026-27168
HIGHsail/sail < 0.9.10 - Heap-based Buffer Overflow in XWD Parser
Title source: llmDescription
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.
References (1)
Core 1
Core References
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://github.com/HappySeaFox/sail/security/advisories/GHSA-3g38-x2pj-mv55
Scores
CVSS v3
8.8
EPSS
0.0040
EPSS Percentile
31.3%
Attack Vector
ADJACENT_NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
poc
Automatable
no
Technical Impact
total
Details
CWE
CWE-122
Status
published
Products (1)
sail/sail
< 0.9.10
Published
Feb 21, 2026
Tracked Since
Feb 21, 2026