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Type: advisorySources: OSVAdvisory ID: DEBIAN-CVE-2026-40494

SAIL is a cross-platform library for loading and saving images with support for animation, metadata, and ICC profiles. Prior to commit 45d48d1f2e8e0d73e80bc1fd5310cb57f4547302, the TGA codec's RLE decoder in `tga.c` has an asymmetric bounds check vulnerability. The run-packet path (line 297) correctly clamps the repeat count to the remaining buffer space, but the raw-packet path (line 305-311) has no equivalent bounds check. This allows writing up to 496 bytes of attacker-controlled data past the end of a heap buffer. Commit 45d48d1f2e8e0d73e80bc1fd5310cb57f4547302 patches the issue.

Products
sail
Affected versions
0.9.10-1, 0.9.10-2, 0.9.10-3, 0.9.8-1, 0.9.8-1+deb13u1, 0.9.9-1, 1.2.0-1
Fixed versions
0.9.10-2
CVEs
CVE-2026-40494
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
1 Nov 2026, 12:15 UTC · Revision 2

Source evidence

DEBIAN-CVE-2026-40494

core-osv · Original source

Published 18 Apr 2026, 03:16 UTC

SAIL is a cross-platform library for loading and saving images with support for animation, metadata, and ICC profiles. Prior to commit 45d48d1f2e8e0d73e80bc1fd5310cb57f4547302, the TGA codec's RLE decoder in `tga.c` has an asymmetric bounds check vulnerability. The run-packet path (line 297) correctly clamps the repeat count to the remaining buffer space, but the raw-packet path (line 305-311) has no equivalent bounds check. This allows writing up to 496 bytes of attacker-controlled data past the end of a heap buffer. Commit 45d48d1f2e8e0d73e80bc1fd5310cb57f4547302 patches the issue.

osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2026-40494

sail

Fixed versions: Not specified

sail

Fixed versions: 0.9.10-2

Complete source record
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