Vulnerability · Published May 11, 2022 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2022-29978
Medium 6.5
In plain English
A medium-severity security flaw in the libsixel package (Debian). There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 1.0% (higher than 64% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Severity (CVSS NVD)6.5Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)1.0%top 35.9% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
There is a floating point exception error in sixel_encoder_do_resize, encoder.c:633 in libsixel img2sixel 1.8.6. Remote attackers could leverage this vulnerability to cause a denial-of-service via a crafted JPEG file.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian:12 | libsixel | no fix listed | DEBIAN-CVE-2022-29978 |
| Debian:13 | libsixel | no fix listed | DEBIAN-CVE-2022-29978 |
| Debian:14 | libsixel | 1:1.8.7-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2022-29978 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | libsixel | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-29978 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | libsixel | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-29978 |
| Ubuntu:25.10 | libsixel | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-29978 |
| Ubuntu:26.04:LTS | libsixel | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-29978 |
| Ubuntu:26.10 | libsixel | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-29978 |
Affected products (as reported)
References
- https://github.com/saitoha/libsixel/issues/166 x_refsource_MISC