Vulnerability · Published Jan 18, 2026 · Assigned by VulDB
CVE-2025-15535nicbarker clay clay.h Clay__MeasureTextCached null pointer dereference
Low 3.3
In plain English
A low-severity null pointer dereference in clay from nicbarker. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.1% (higher than 3% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official description
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.
Affected products (as reported)
Weakness: CWE-476, CWE-404 · Vector: 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
References
- VDB-341707 | nicbarker clay clay.h Clay__MeasureTextCached null pointer dereference vdb-entry, technical-description
- VDB-341707 | CTI Indicators (IOB, IOC, IOA) signature, permissions-required
- Submit #733346 | nicbarker clay v0.14 and master-branch Memory Corruption third-party-advisory
- https://github.com/nicbarker/clay/issues/566 issue-tracking
- https://github.com/oneafter/1215/blob/main/repro exploit
- https://github.com/nicbarker/clay/ product