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Medium
CVE-2020-21050
Libsixel prior to v1.8.3 contains a stack buffer overflow in...
Vulnerability Description
Libsixel prior to v1.8.3 contains a stack buffer overflow in the function gif_process_raster at fromgif.c.
Impact Analysis
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Remediation
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/121.html
- https://github.com/saitoha/libsixel/blob/master/ChangeLog
- https://github.com/saitoha/libsixel/releases/tag/v1.8.5
- https://github.com/saitoha/libsixel/issues/75
- https://github.com/saitoha/libsixel/commit/7808a06b88c11dbc502318cdd51fa374f8cd47ee
- https://bitbucket.org/netbsd/pkgsrc/commits/a27113e21179cbfbfae0c35f6a9edd6aa498faae
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View all reports →Affected Software
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Vulnerable Versions:
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Timeline
Official Publish:
September 14th, 2021
Last Modified:
August 4th, 2024
Added to House:
July 21st, 2026
CVSS Vectors
V3:
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.