PT-2019-16621 · Libsixel+1 · Libsixel+1

Cool-Tomato · Published 2019-01-02 · Updated 2024-12-20 · CVE-2019-3573

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.5

Medium

Base vector

AV:L/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 an infinite loop in the sixel decode raw impl() function, located in the fromsixel.c file. This has been demonstrated using sixel2png.

Recommendations For libsixel version 1.8.2, consider avoiding the use of the sixel decode raw impl() function until a patch is available. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

Infinite Loop

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-835

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2020-2902

ALT-PU-2024-17256

CVE-2019-3573

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Libsixel

References · 9

• 🔥 https://github.com/saitoha/libsixel/issues/83 · Exploit
• 🔥 https://github.com/TeamSeri0us/pocs/tree/master/libsixel · Exploit
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2019-3573 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2019-3573 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-3573 · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-3573 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-3573 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2019-3573 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2019-3573 · Vendor Advisory