Squirrel sqobject.h operator heap-based overflow_CVE-2026-2661

4.8 / 10

MEDIUM

CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P

Description

A security flaw has been discovered in Squirrel up to 3.2. This affects the function SQObjectPtr::operator in the library squirrel/sqobject.h. The manipulation results in heap-based buffer overflow. The attack needs to be approached locally. The exploit has been released to the public and may be used for attacks. The project was informed of the problem early through an issue report but has not responded yet.

Basic Information

ID CVE-2026-2661

Source VulDB

Published Feb 18, 2026 at 19:02

Affected Product

Vendor n/a

Product Squirrel

Version 3.0

Affected Versions n/a Squirrel 3.0
n/a Squirrel 3.1
n/a Squirrel 3.2

CWE Classification

CWE-122 CWE-119

References

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