Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop') Affecting libsixel package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.95% (60th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1804-LIBSIXEL-543536
  • published2 Jan 2019
  • disclosed2 Jan 2019

Introduced: 2 Jan 2019

CVE-2019-3573  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-835  (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.

In libsixel v1.8.2, there is an infinite loop in the function sixel_decode_raw_impl() in the file fromsixel.c, as demonstrated by sixel2png.