# CVE-2026-54627: SAIL: Heap out-of-bounds write in SAIL PSD decoder (Bitmap mode ignores depth)

- Severity: CVSS 9.8 (Critical), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 1.0.0
- Published: 2026-09-17 · Updated: 2026-09-18

## Affected

- HappySeaFox sail: fixed in 1.0.0

## Description

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.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on HappySeaFox sail, upgrade to a fixed version (1.0.0) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/HappySeaFox/sail/security/advisories/GHSA-ccqf-rv86-h3wm
- https://github.com/HappySeaFox/sail/commit/f44a8b779a1fc527fc6bc5caa71a66a8ed940d50
- https://github.com/HappySeaFox/sail/releases/tag/v1.0.0

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