CVE-2025-15155: floooh sokol · Stack-based Buffer Overflow
Affects floooh sokolSource CVE Database V5
Not known to be exploited · CVSS 4.8 Medium.
Data as of 25 Oct 2026, 19:02 UTC
- EPSS
- 0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 12% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:PExploitation evidence
Disclosed: evidence found.
CVE published 28 Dec 2025
Detectable: no evidence on record.
No public nuclei template indexed
Weaponised: no evidence on record.
No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB
Exploited in the wildExploited: no evidence on record.
Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation
Observed by OffSeq MirageSeen by Mirage: no evidence on record.
No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors
A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 2026-10-25.
What to do
AI-suggested
European organizations should first identify all instances of the floooh sokol library within their software stacks, especially those involving sokol_gfx.h. Since the product lacks formal versioning, source code audits and dependency analysis tools should be employed to detect the vulnerable commit (16cbcc864012898793cd2bc57f802499a264ea40) or earlier. Applying the patch identified by commit 5d11344150973f15e16d3ec4ee7550a73fb995e0 is critical to remediate the vulnerability. Additionally, organizations should enforce strict access controls to limit local user privileges and monitor for unusual local activity that could indicate exploitation attempts. Employing runtime protections such as stack canaries, address space layout randomization (ASLR), and control-flow integrity (CFI) can help mitigate exploitation impact. Regularly updating development dependencies and integrating security testing into the software development lifecycle will reduce future risks. Finally, educating developers about secure coding practices related to buffer management in graphics libraries can prevent similar vulnerabilities.
Description
A vulnerability was detected in floooh sokol up to 16cbcc864012898793cd2bc57f802499a264ea40. The impacted element is the function _sg_pipeline_desc_defaults in the library sokol_gfx.h. The manipulation results in stack-based buffer overflow. The attack requires a local approach. The exploit is now public and may be used. This product does not use versioning. This is why information about affected and unaffected releases are unavailable. The patch is identified as 5d11344150973f15e16d3ec4ee7550a73fb995e0. It is advisable to implement a patch to correct this issue.
References
- vuldb.com (opens in a new tab)
- vuldb.com (opens in a new tab)
- vuldb.com (opens in a new tab)
- github.com/floooh/sokol/issues/1405 (opens in a new tab)
- github.com/floooh/sokol/issues/1406 (opens in a new tab)
- github.com/oneafter/1212/blob/main/hbf1 (opens in a new tab)
- github.com/floooh/sokol/commit/5d11344150973f15e16d3ec4ee7550a73fb995e0 (opens in a new tab)