UBUNTU-CVE-2018-19763

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-19763
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2018/UBUNTU-CVE-2018-19763.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2018-19763
Upstream
Published
2018-11-30T03:29:00Z
Modified
2025-10-24T04:47:17Z
Severity
  • 5.5 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
Details

There is a heap-based buffer over-read at writer.c (function: writepngto_file) in libsixel 1.8.2 that will cause a denial of service.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS / libsixel

Package

Name
libsixel
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/libsixel@1.5.2-2?arch=source&distro=xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

1.*

1.4.2-1
1.5.2-2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "libsixel-bin",
            "binary_version": "1.5.2-2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libsixel-dev",
            "binary_version": "1.5.2-2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libsixel1",
            "binary_version": "1.5.2-2"
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS / libsixel

Package

Name
libsixel
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/libsixel@1.7.3-1?arch=source&distro=bionic

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

1.*

1.5.2-2
1.7.3-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "libsixel-bin",
            "binary_version": "1.7.3-1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libsixel-dev",
            "binary_version": "1.7.3-1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libsixel-examples",
            "binary_version": "1.7.3-1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libsixel1",
            "binary_version": "1.7.3-1"
        }
    ]
}