nicbarker clay clay.h Clay__MeasureTextCached null pointer dereference

published 2026-01-18 9 mo ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2026-3181

cvss: 3.3; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.1%; EPSS 0.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 3%
public exploits: 0; none known

A security flaw has been discovered in nicbarker clay up to 0.14. This affects the function Clay__MeasureTextCached in the library clay.h. The manipulation results in null pointer dereference. The attack is only possible with local access. 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.

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical impact: partial
Assessed: 9 mo ago (2026-01-21)

Exploit prediction

0.14% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 3% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

github.com https://github.com/oneafter/1215/blob/main/repro referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	4.0	4.8	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
CNA	3.1	3.3	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L/E:P/RL:X/RC:R
CNA	3.0	3.3	CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L/E:P/RL:X/RC:R
CNA	2.0	1.7	AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P/E:POC/RL:ND/RC:UR
CNA	4.0	1.9	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/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
CNA	3.1	3.3	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
CNA	2.0	1.7	AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P

Affected products

nicbarker clay

Classification

Weakness

CWE-476 NULL Pointer Dereference
CWE-404 Improper Resource Shutdown or Release

References

github.com /oneafter/1215/blob/main/repro
exploit
vuldb.com /?id.341707
vdb-entry, technical-description
vuldb.com /?ctiid.341707
signature, permissions-required
vuldb.com /?submit.733346
third-party-advisory
github.com /nicbarker/clay/issues/566
issue-tracking
github.com /nicbarker/clay/
product

Sources

CVE List CVE-2025-15535
NVD CVE-2025-15535

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Summary