CVE-2026-42046 PUBLISHED

libcaca: Heap OOB write in canvas import functions caused by int overflow

Assigner: GitHub_M
Reserved: 23.04.2026 Published: 11.05.2026 Updated: 11.05.2026

libcaca is a colour ASCII art library. In 0.99.beta20 and earlier, an integer overflow vulnerability in libcaca's canvas import functionality allows an attacker to cause a controlled heap out-of-bounds write (heap overflow) by supplying a crafted file in the "caca" format. Depending on the build configuration and memory allocator, this may lead to memory corruption or remote code execution. This is the same vulnerability as CVE-2021-3410 but the fix at that time was not fully correct. Commit fb77acff9ba6bb01d53940da34fb10f20b156a23 fixes this vulnerability.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS Score: 7.8

Product Status

Vendor cacalabs
Product libcaca
Versions
  • Version <= 0.99.beta20 is affected

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-122: Heap-based Buffer Overflow CWE
  • CWE-190: Integer Overflow or Wraparound CWE
  • CWE-787: Out-of-bounds Write CWE