CVE-2026-40492 (GCVE-0-2026-40492)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-04-18 01:39 – Updated: 2026-04-20 15:24
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
SAIL has heap buffer overflow in XWD decoder — bits_per_pixel vs pixmap_depth type confusion in byte-swap
Summary
SAIL is a cross-platform library for loading and saving images with support for animation, metadata, and ICC profiles. Prior to commit 36aa5c7ec8a2bb35f6fb867a1177a6f141156b02, the XWD codec resolves pixel format based on `pixmap_depth` but the byte-swap code uses `bits_per_pixel` independently. When `pixmap_depth=8` (BPP8_INDEXED, 1 byte/pixel buffer) but `bits_per_pixel=32`, the byte-swap loop accesses memory as `uint32_t*`, reading/writing 4x the allocated buffer size. This is a different vulnerability from the previously reported GHSA-3g38-x2pj-mv55 (CVE-2026-27168), which addressed `bytes_per_line` validation. Commit 36aa5c7ec8a2bb35f6fb867a1177a6f141156b02 contains a patch.
Severity
9.8 (Critical)
SSVC
Exploitation: poc
Automatable: yes
Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-04-20 15:24 UTC
CWE
- CWE-787 - Out-of-bounds Write
Assigner
References
2 references
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://github.com/HappySeaFox/sail/security/advi… | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| https://github.com/HappySeaFox/sail/commit/36aa5c… | x_refsource_MISC |
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HappySeaFox | sail |
Affected:
< 36aa5c7ec8a2bb35f6fb867a1177a6f141156b02
|
guessed |
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