PT-2018-12324 · Libsixel · Libsixel

Fcorleone · Published 2018-07-15 · Updated 2019-10-03 · CVE-2018-14073

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.5

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions libsixel version 1.8.1

Description The issue is related to a memory leak in the sixel allocator new function located in allocator.c.

Recommendations For libsixel version 1.8.1, at the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this issue.

Fix

Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-772

Related Identifiers

CVE-2018-14073

Affected Products

Libsixel

References · 8

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2018-14073 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-14073 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-14073 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-14073 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-14073 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-14073 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2018-14073 · Vendor Advisory
• https://github.com/saitoha/libsixel/issues/67#issuecomment-404989926 · Note