CVE-2025-35984

Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2025-08-25 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-122

Description

A memory corruption vulnerability exists in the PCX Image Decoding functionality of the SAIL Image Decoding Library v0.9.8. When decoding the image data from a specially crafted .pcx file, a heap-based buffer overflow can occur which allows for remote code execution. An attacker will need to convince the library to read a file to trigger this vulnerability.

Affected products

SAIL Image Decoding Library: 0.9.8

References

https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2025-2217
https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2025-2217

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