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Critical · 9.8 CVE-2026-40493 EUVD-2026-23646

SAIL has heap buffer overflow in PSD decoder — bpp mismatch in LAB 16-bit mode

Published Apr 18, 2026 · Updated Apr 20, 2026 · Assigned by GitHub_M

Description

SAIL is a cross-platform library for loading and saving images with support for animation, metadata, and ICC profiles. Prior to commit c930284445ea3ff94451ccd7a57c999eca3bc979, the PSD codec computes bytes-per-pixel (`bpp`) from raw header fields `channels * depth`, but the pixel buffer is allocated based on the resolved pixel format. For LAB mode with `channels=3, depth=16`, `bpp = (3*16+7)/8 = 6`, but the format `BPP40_CIE_LAB` allocates only 5 bytes per pixel. Every pixel write overshoots, causing a deterministic heap buffer overflow on every row. Commit c930284445ea3ff94451ccd7a57c999eca3bc979 contains a patch.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
HappySeaFox sail < c930284445ea3ff94451ccd7a57c999eca3bc979 —

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.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 14 sail 0.9.10-2 —
Debian 13 sail No fix yet —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
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 —

Wolfi

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Wolfi rolling sail +1 No fix yet —

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