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.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| HappySeaFox | sail | <= 0.9.10 | — |
Fixed in Linux distributions
Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.
Debian
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian 14 | sail | No fix yet | — |
| Debian 13 | sail | No fix yet | — |
Ubuntu
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu 26.10 | sail | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 26.04 LTS | sail | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 25.10 | sail | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 24.04 LTS | sail | No fix yet | — |