Integer Overflow or Wraparound Affecting libsixel package, versions <1.8.6-1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
critical
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.23% (68th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ECHOLATEST-LIBSIXEL-21184778
  • published18 Oct 2026
  • disclosed8 Dec 2019

Introduced: 8 Dec 2019

CVE-2019-19637  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-190  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Echo:latest 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 Echo. See How to fix? for Echo:latest relevant fixed versions and status.

An issue was discovered in libsixel 1.8.2. There is an integer overflow in the function sixel_decode_raw_impl at fromsixel.c.

CVSS Base Scores

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