Out-of-bounds Read Affecting libsixel package, versions <1.8.2-2


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Debian security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.12% (48th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN13-LIBSIXEL-5685374
  • published2 Jan 2019
  • disclosed2 Jan 2019

Introduced: 2 Jan 2019

CVE-2019-3574  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-125  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:13 libsixel to version 1.8.2-2 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libsixel package and not the libsixel package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:13 relevant fixed versions and status.

In libsixel v1.8.2, there is a heap-based buffer over-read in the function load_jpeg() in the file loader.c, as demonstrated by img2sixel.