CVE-2026-27168

SAIL: Heap-based Buffer Overflow in Sail-codecs-xwd

Published Feb 20, 2026 CVSS 3.1 · 8.8 High EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
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.

Remediation

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History
Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Sail
Sail sail
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:sail:sail:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Sail
Sail sail
Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Happyseafox
Happyseafox sail
Vendors & Products Happyseafox
Happyseafox sail
Type Values Removed Values Added
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.
Title SAIL: Heap-based Buffer Overflow in Sail-codecs-xwd
Weaknesses CWE-122
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 8.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

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Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
GitHub_M
Published
Updated
Feb 25, 2026, 9:27 PM
Reserved
Feb 18, 2026, 12:18 AM
Status
Analyzed
Published
Feb 21, 2026, 12:16 AM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 10:26 AM