Out-of-bounds Read Affecting libsixel package, versions <1.8.2-2


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.19% (67th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ECHOLATEST-LIBSIXEL-21184765
  • published18 Oct 2026
  • disclosed2 Jan 2019

Introduced: 2 Jan 2019

CVE-2019-3574  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-125  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Echo:latest libsixel to version 1.8.2-2 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 Echo. See How to fix? for Echo:latest relevant fixed versions and status.

In libsixel v1.8.2, there is a heap-based buffer over-read in the function load_jpeg() in the file loader.c, as demonstrated by img2sixel.