7.0 HIGH
- CVSS version (CVSS): 3.1
- Attack Vector (AV): Local (L)
- Attack Complexity (AC): High (H)
- Privileges Required (PR): None (N)
- User Interaction (UI): Required (R)
- Scope (S): Unchanged (U)
- Confidentiality (C): High (H)
- Integrity (I): High (H)
- Availability (A): High (H)
- Modified Attack Vector (MAV): Local (L)
- Modified Attack Complexity (MAC): High (H)
- Modified Privileges Required (MPR): None (N)
- Modified User Interaction (MUI): Required (R)
- Modified Confidentiality (MC): High (H)
- Modified Scope (MS): Unchanged (U)
- Modified Integrity (MI): High (H)
- Modified Availability (MA): High (H)
by @LeSuisse Activity log
- Created suggestion
- @LeSuisse dismissed (not in Nixpkgs)
libsixel: Use-After-Free in load_gif()
libsixel is a SIXEL encoder/decoder implementation derived from kmiya's sixel. Versions 1.8.7 and prior contain a Use-After-Free vulnerability via the load_gif() function in fromgif.c, where a single sixel_frame_t object is reused across all frames of an animated GIF and gif_init_frame() unconditionally frees and reallocates frame->pixels between frames without consulting the object's reference count. Because the public API explicitly provides sixel_frame_ref() to retain a frame and sixel_frame_get_pixels() to access the raw pixel buffer, a callback following this documented usage pattern will hold a dangling pointer after the second frame is decoded, resulting in a heap use-after-free confirmed by ASAN. Any application using sixel_helper_load_image_file() with a multi-frame callback to process user-supplied animated GIFs is affected, with a reliable crash as the minimum impact and potential for code execution. This issue has been fixed in version 1.8.7-r1.
References
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https://github.com/saitoha/libsixel/security/advisories/GHSA-w46f-jr9f-rgvp x_refsource_CONFIRM
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https://github.com/saitoha/libsixel/releases/tag/v1.8.7-r1 x_refsource_MISC
Affected products
- ==< 1.8.7-rc1
Matching in nixpkgs
pkgs.libsixel
SIXEL library for console graphics, and converter programs
pkgs.python312Packages.libsixel
SIXEL graphics encoder/decoder implementation
pkgs.python313Packages.libsixel
SIXEL graphics encoder/decoder implementation
pkgs.python314Packages.libsixel
SIXEL graphics encoder/decoder implementation
Package maintainers
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@hzeller Henner Zeller <h.zeller@acm.org>
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@rmcgibbo Robert T. McGibbon <rmcgibbo@gmail.com>