PT-2018-15073 · Libsixel+1 · Libsixel+1

Shuitao Gan · Published 2018-11-30 · Updated 2024-12-20 · CVE-2018-19757

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

6.5

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions libsixel version 1.8.2

Description The issue is related to a NULL pointer dereference in the sixel helper set additional message function, located in the status.c file of the libsixel library. This will cause a denial of service.

Recommendations For libsixel version 1.8.2, consider disabling the sixel helper set additional message function as a temporary workaround until a patch is available. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

DoS

NULL Pointer Dereference

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-476

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2020-2902

ALT-PU-2024-17256

CVE-2018-19757

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Libsixel

References · 8

• 🔥 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1649197 · Exploit
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-19757 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-19757 · Security Note
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-19757 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2018-19757 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-19757 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2018-19757 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-19757 · Vendor Advisory