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TI-2026-39458 Aliases CVE-2026-54627

SAIL: Heap out-of-bounds write in SAIL PSD decoder (Bitmap mode ignores depth)

Priority HIGH 82CWE-122Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Code execution
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · High
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-122 and the CVSS impact.

Summary

SAIL is a cross-platform library for loading and saving images with support for animation, metadata, and ICC profiles. In 0.9.10 and earlier, psd_private_sail_pixel_format() in src/sail-codecs/psd/helpers.c resolves a one-channel PSD in Bitmap color mode to SAIL_PIXEL_FORMAT_BPP1_INDEXED without requiring the file depth to be one, so the pixel buffer uses one-bit rows while sail_codec_load_frame_v8_psd() in src/sail-codecs/psd/psd.c accepts depth == 8 and writes one attacker-controlled byte per pixel. Loading a crafted PSD through sail_load_from_file() or sail_load_from_memory() therefore writes beyond each heap row, causing memory corruption, a reliable crash, or potential code execution. This mode/depth mismatch is distinct from GHSA-rcqx-gc76-r9mv and GHSA-wcj8-hxxf-pq2c. This issue is fixed in version 1.0.0.

Why it matters now

Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00775 56th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed sail (HappySeaFox): 1.0.0

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
Poc
Automatable
Yes
Technical impact
Total

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
HappySeaFoxsailbefore 1.0.01.0.0Patch availableCNA
  • sail VendorHappySeaFox Affected before 1.0.0 Fixed in 1.0.0 Patch available CNA

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA sail (HappySeaFox) Fixed in 1.0.0

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-54627

References

Other 3

  • TI-2026-39457 SAIL: Heap out-of-bounds write in SAIL TGA decoder (indexed-RLE bpp/stride mismatch) CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2026-29245 SAIL has heap buffer overflow in TGA RLE decoder — raw packet path missing bounds check CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2026-29244 SAIL has heap buffer overflow in PSD decoder — bpp mismatch in LAB 16-bit mode CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2026-29243 SAIL has heap buffer overflow in XWD decoder — bits_per_pixel vs pixmap_depth type confusion in byte-swap CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2026-39513 SAIL: XBM X10 decoder writes 2 bytes per literal into a 1-byte-per-literal buffer (heap out-of-bounds write) CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
  • TI-2026-81986 Division by zero in SAIL WebP decoder on malformed animated files CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 4.8

Sources

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