Out-of-bounds Write Affecting libsixel package, versions <1.8.6-1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.26% (66th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIANUNSTABLE-LIBSIXEL-1586203
  • published18 Sept 2021
  • disclosed17 Sept 2021

Introduced: 17 Sep 2021

CVE-2020-21548  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-787  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:unstable libsixel to version 1.8.6-1 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:unstable relevant fixed versions and status.

Libsixel 1.8.3 contains a heap-based buffer overflow in the sixel_encode_highcolor function in tosixel.c.

CVSS Scores

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