SAIL Image Decoding Library 0.9.8 PSD RLE Decoder heap-based overflow

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as critical has been detected in SAIL Image Decoding Library 0.9.8. Affected is an unknown function of the component PSD RLE Decoder. Performing a manipulation results in heap-based overflow. This vulnerability is cataloged as CVE-2025-53085. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. There is no exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in SAIL Image Decoding Library 0.9.8. This affects some unknown functionality of the component PSD RLE Decoder. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a heap-based overflow vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-122. A heap overflow condition is a buffer overflow, where the buffer that can be overwritten is allocated in the heap portion of memory, generally meaning that the buffer was allocated using a routine such as malloc(). This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

A memory corruption vulnerability exists in the PSD RLE Decoding functionality of the SAIL Image Decoding Library v0.9.8. When decompressing the image data from a specially crafted .psd 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 at talosintelligence.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2025-53085 since 07/10/2025. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (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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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.6
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.4

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VulDB Temp Score: 6.1
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Heap-based overflow
CWE: CWE-122 / CWE-119
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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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-2025-2219
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2025-53085 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2025-53085
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-321309

Entryinfo

Created: 08/25/2025 16:36
Updated: 09/03/2025 05:55
Changes: 08/25/2025 16:36 (64), 09/03/2025 05:55 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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