Vulnerabilities > CVE-2019-20205 - Integer Overflow or Wraparound vulnerability in Libsixel Project Libsixel 1.8.4

047910
CVSS 8.8 - HIGH
Attack vector
NETWORK
Attack complexity
LOW
Privileges required
NONE
Confidentiality impact
HIGH
Integrity impact
HIGH
Availability impact
HIGH
network
low complexity
libsixel-project
CWE-190

Summary

libsixel 1.8.4 has an integer overflow in sixel_frame_resize in frame.c.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part Description Count
Application
Libsixel_Project
1

Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

  • Forced Integer Overflow
    This attack forces an integer variable to go out of range. The integer variable is often used as an offset such as size of memory allocation or similarly. The attacker would typically control the value of such variable and try to get it out of range. For instance the integer in question is incremented past the maximum possible value, it may wrap to become a very small, or negative number, therefore providing a very incorrect value which can lead to unexpected behavior. At worst the attacker can execute arbitrary code.