SAIL Image Decoding Library 0.9.8 BMPv3 RLE Decoder integer overflow

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability categorized as critical has been discovered in SAIL Image Decoding Library 0.9.8. This impacts an unknown function of the component BMPv3 RLE Decoder. Such manipulation leads to integer overflow. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2025-52930. The attack may be performed from remote. There is no available exploit.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in SAIL Image Decoding Library 0.9.8. It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown functionality of the component BMPv3 RLE Decoder. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a integer overflow vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-680. The product performs a calculation to determine how much memory to allocate, but an integer overflow can occur that causes less memory to be allocated than expected, leading to a buffer overflow. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

A memory corruption vulnerability exists in the BMPv3 RLE Decoding functionality of the SAIL Image Decoding Library v0.9.8. When decompressing the image data from a specially crafted .bmp 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.

The advisory is shared for download at talosintelligence.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2025-52930 since 07/10/2025. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $0-$5k (estimation calculated on 09/03/2025).

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Integer overflow
CWE: CWE-680 / CWE-190 / CWE-189
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

07/10/2025 CVE reserved
08/25/2025 +46 days Advisory disclosed
08/25/2025 +0 days VulDB entry created
09/03/2025 +9 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: TALOS-2025-2221
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2025-52930 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2025-52930
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-321308

Entryinfo

Created: 08/25/2025 16:36
Updated: 09/03/2025 05:55
Changes: 08/25/2025 16:36 (63), 09/03/2025 05:55 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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