Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime Affecting libsixel package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.44% (73rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1804-LIBSIXEL-543517
  • published22 Jul 2018
  • disclosed15 Jul 2018

Introduced: 15 Jul 2018

CVE-2018-14073  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-772  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Ubuntu:18.04 libsixel.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libsixel package and not the libsixel package as distributed by Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:18.04 relevant fixed versions and status.

libsixel 1.8.1 has a memory leak in sixel_allocator_new in allocator.c.