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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2019-20140

There is a heap-based buffer overflow in the function gif_out_code at fromgif.c.

HIGH 8.8EPSS 1.12%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.12%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

Description

An issue was discovered in libsixel 1.8.4. There is a heap-based buffer overflow in the function gif_out_code at fromgif.c.

CVSS 3.1
8.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS
1.12% probability · 64th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-787
Affected
saitoha/libsixel
Source
cve@mitre.org

References

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.