CVE-2026-44637CWE-190CWE-787

libsixel: integer overflow in parser

High · published May 14, 2026

CVSS v3.1
7.1
EPSS
0%
Percentile
5.6
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

libsixel is a SIXEL encoder/decoder implementation derived from kmiya's sixel. From to 1.8.7-r1, a signed integer overflow in the SIXEL parser's image-buffer doubling loop can lead to an out-of-bounds heap write in sixel_decode_raw_impl. context->pos_x grows by repeat_count on every sixel character with no upper bound check. Once pos_x approaches INT_MAX, the expression "pos_x + repeat_count" used to size the image buffer overflows signed int. Depending on how the overflow wraps, the resize check that should reject oversized buffers can be bypassed, after which a subsequent write computes a large attacker-influenced offset into image->data and writes past the allocation. Reachable from any caller that decodes attacker-supplied SIXEL data, including img2sixel. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.8.7-r2.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
7.1 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00166 · 5.6th percentile
Weaknesses
CWE-190 · Integer Overflow or Wraparound; CWE-787 · Out-of-bounds Write
Published
2026-05-14T20:02Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 14 MAY 20:02Z
    libsixel: integer overflow in parser
    cvelistv5