CVE-2026-40492

Basic Information

Severity CRITICAL
Base Score 9.8
CNA GitHub_M
Published Date 2026-04-17 21:39:48 UTC
Last Modified 2026-04-17 21:39:48 UTC
CVE.org Link https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-40492
NVD https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-40492

Description

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.

Affected Products

Vendor Product
happyseafox sail