CVE-2026-48977 PUBLISHED

OpenSlide: Arbitrary memory write with crafted Ventana BIF file

Assigner: GitHub_M
Reserved: 26.05.2026 Published: 17.09.2026 Updated: 17.09.2026

OpenSlide is a C library for reading whole slide image files. From 3.4.1 until 4.0.1, OpenSlide's parse_level0_xml() processing in src/openslide-vendor-ventana.c accepts nonpositive row or column tile counts from a crafted Ventana BIF file. The invalid counts produce attacker-controlled relative memory offsets and allow arbitrary values to be written at those offsets, affecting all supported platforms and configurations and resulting in a crash or potential arbitrary code execution. This issue is fixed in version 4.0.1.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
CVSS Score: 7.7

Product Status

Vendor openslide
Product openslide
Versions
  • Version >= 3.4.1, < 4.0.1 is affected

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-123: Write-what-where Condition CWE
  • CWE-823: Use of Out-of-range Pointer Offset CWE
  • CWE-1284: Improper Validation of Specified Quantity in Input CWE