Out-of-bounds Write Affecting libsixel package, versions <1.10.3-1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.33% (56th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN14-LIBSIXEL-11749199
  • published10 Aug 2025
  • disclosed8 Apr 2022

Introduced: 8 Apr 2022

CVE-2021-40656  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-787  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:14 libsixel to version 1.10.3-1 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:14 relevant fixed versions and status.

libsixel before 1.10 is vulnerable to Buffer Overflow in libsixel/src/quant.c:867.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1