Out-of-bounds Read Affecting libsixel package, versions <1.5.2-2+deb9u1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.05% (25th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN9-LIBSIXEL-464187
  • published9 Sept 2019
  • disclosed30 Nov 2018

Introduced: 30 Nov 2018

CVE-2018-19761  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-125  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:9 libsixel to version 1.5.2-2+deb9u1 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:9 relevant fixed versions and status.

There is an illegal address access at fromsixel.c (function: sixel_decode_raw_impl) in libsixel 1.8.2 that will cause a denial of service.