CVE-2026-117557
Full vulnerability record from the local CVENow database.
Description
SDL_image through 3.4.8 and through 2.8.12 contains a stack out-of-bounds read vulnerability in IMG_LoadLBM_IO() in src/IMG_lbm.c that skips bitplane count validation when HAM mode is set. Attackers can supply a crafted ILBM file with more than 8 HAM bitplanes to read past the colormap stack array, causing crashes or disclosing stack memory.
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS score
6.9
(v4.0)
Vulnerability status
Awaiting Analysis
Source identifier
Published
2026-10-27 14:16:37.590000
Last modified
2026-10-27 16:03:45.247000
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"published": "2026-10-27T14:16:37.590",
"lastModified": "2026-10-27T16:03:45.247",
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"url": "https://github.com/libsdl-org/SDL_image/blob/release-3.4.8/src/IMG_lbm.c#L240",
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