[ CVE-2026-116842 · Published 27 Oct 2026 ]
Vulnerability in diasurgical DevilutionX
CVSS 6.1
EPSS <1%No fix listed yet
[ Why it matters ]Priority signals
- Public proof-of-concept exploit exists (CISA SSVC)
[ Description ]Official description
DevilutionX 1.4.0 through 1.5.5 contains a heap buffer overflow vulnerability in the bundled libmpq libmpq__archive_dup routine when opening crafted MPQ archives. Attackers can supply an MPQ archive whose block table count exceeds its hash table count, causing memcpy to overflow the heap during startup and crash the game.
[ Fixes ]Fixes and patches
No fix or interim patch is linked from our sources yet. Check the vendor references below and limit exposure of affected systems until a fix is available.
[ References ]References
- github.com/diasurgical/DevilutionX/blob/7223eeac9e8274fbf665b4de86fda26d3b22c52f/3rdPar…
- github.com/diasurgical/DevilutionX/issues/8758
- github.com/diasurgical/DevilutionX/pull/8482
- github.com/diasurgical/libmpq/blob/b78d66c6fee6a501cc9b95d8556a129c68841b05/libmpq/mpq.c
- hackmd.io/@haindpwn/devilutionx-libmpq-hash-block-table-oob
- www.vulncheck.com/advisories/devilutionx-1.4.0-through-1.5.5-heap-buffer-overflow-via-l…
- hackmd.io/@haindpwn/cve-2026-116841-116842-devilutionx-libmpq-hash-block-table-oob