Out-of-Bounds Affecting squirrel3 package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Debian security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.24% (15th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN11-SQUIRREL3-15309435
  • published19 Feb 2026
  • disclosed18 Feb 2026

Introduced: 18 Feb 2026

CVE-2026-2661  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-122  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Debian:11 squirrel3.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream squirrel3 package and not the squirrel3 package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:11 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1