Squirrel · Squirrel · CVE-2026-8261
**Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions**
Squirrel versions prior to 3.3
**Description**
A heap-based buffer overflow occurs in the `SQFunctionProto::Load()` function within the `squirrel/sqobject.cpp` file. This issue allows for local execution to manipulate memory, potentially leading to a crash or arbitrary code execution. A heap-based buffer overflow is a condition where a program writes more data to a heap-allocated memory block than it can hold, overwriting adjacent memory.
**Recommendations**
At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.