Incorrect Calculation Affecting libsixel package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.3% (53rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN14-LIBSIXEL-11749166
  • published10 Aug 2025
  • disclosed11 May 2022

Introduced: 11 May 2022

CVE-2022-29978  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-682  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Debian:14 libsixel.

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:14 relevant fixed versions and status.

There is a floating point exception error in sixel_encoder_do_resize, encoder.c:633 in libsixel img2sixel 1.8.6. Remote attackers could leverage this vulnerability to cause a denial-of-service via a crafted JPEG file.

CVSS Base Scores

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