UBUNTU-CVE-2019-20140

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-20140
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2019/UBUNTU-CVE-2019-20140.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2019-20140
Upstream
Published
2019-12-30T17:15:00Z
Modified
2025-10-24T04:48:08Z
Severity
  • 8.8 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
Details

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

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"
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS / libsixel

Package

Name
libsixel
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/libsixel@1.8.2-2.1?arch=source&distro=focal

Affected ranges

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

Affected versions

1.*

1.8.2-1
1.8.2-2.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "libsixel-bin",
            "binary_version": "1.8.2-2.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libsixel-dev",
            "binary_version": "1.8.2-2.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libsixel-examples",
            "binary_version": "1.8.2-2.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libsixel1",
            "binary_version": "1.8.2-2.1"
        }
    ]
}