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.
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| Description | 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. | |
| Title | OpenSlide: Arbitrary memory write with crafted Ventana BIF file | |
| Weaknesses | CWE-123 CWE-1284 CWE-823 |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: GitHub_M
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Updated: 2026-09-17T20:26:21.921Z
Reserved: 2026-05-26T23:26:07.974Z
Link: CVE-2026-48977
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Status : Received
Published: 2026-09-17T21:17:13.323
Modified: 2026-09-17T21:17:13.323
Link: CVE-2026-48977
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