Double Free Affecting libsixel package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.96% (61st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN14-LIBSIXEL-11749193
  • published10 Aug 2025
  • disclosed19 Feb 2022

Introduced: 19 Feb 2022

CVE-2021-46700  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-415  (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.

In libsixel 1.8.6, sixel_encoder_output_without_macro (called from sixel_encoder_encode_frame in encoder.c) has a double free.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1