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Permalink CVE-2026-44638

2.5 LOW

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): None (N)
Integrity (I): None (N)
Availability (A): Low (L)
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): None (N)
Modified Scope (MS): Unchanged (U)
Modified Integrity (MI): None (N)
Modified Availability (MA): Low (L)

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Created suggestion 1 week, 4 days ago

libsixel: NULL pointer dereference

libsixel is a SIXEL encoder/decoder implementation derived from kmiya's sixel. From to 1.8.7-r1, a wrong NULL check after an allocation call in sixel_decode_raw and sixel_decode causes a NULL pointer dereference whenever the allocation fails. The check tests the address of the output parameter (always non-NULL) instead of the value the malloc returned. On allocation failure, the function continues and writes through a NULL pointer, crashing the process. This is a denial of service against any caller of these public APIs that hits a low-memory condition. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.8.7-r2.