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GHSA-xgm3-v4r9-wfgm

MediumCVSS 5.3 / 10
Published Feb 24, 2026·Last modified Mar 3, 2026
Affected Components(0)

No affected components available

Description

Memory leak exists in coders/ashlar.c. The WriteASHLARImage allocates a structure. However, when an exception is thrown, the allocated memory is not properly released, resulting in a potential memory leak.

```bash
==78968== Memcheck, a memory error detector
==78968== Copyright (C) 2002-2022, and GNU GPL'd, by Julian Seward et al.
==78968== Using Valgrind-3.22.0 and LibVEX; rerun with -h for copyright info
==78968== 
==78968== HEAP SUMMARY:
==78968==     in use at exit: 17,232 bytes in 4 blocks
==78968==   total heap usage: 4,781 allocs, 4,777 frees, 785,472 bytes allocated
Risk Scores
Base Score
5.3

The vulnerability can be exploited over the network without needing physical access. It is easy for an attacker to exploit this vulnerability. An attacker does not need any special privileges or access rights. No user interaction is needed for the attacker to exploit this vulnerability. The impact is confined to the system where the vulnerability exists. There is a low impact on the availability of the system.

Threat Intelligence
4.9

Exploitation attempts have been detected. Elevated vigilance and prompt remediation are advised.

EPSS
0.36%

The exploit probability is very low. The vulnerability is unlikely to be exploited in the next 30 days.

Exploit
Not available

We did not find any exploit available. Neither in GitHub repositories nor in the Exploit-Database.

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