CVE-2026-44636
libsixel: integer overflow in encoder
libsixel is a SIXEL encoder/decoder implementation derived from kmiya's sixel. From to 1.8.7-r1, signed integer overflow in sixel_encode_highcolor's allocation size calculation can lead to a heap buffer overflow. The public sixel_encode entry point validates only that width and height are greater than zero, with no upper bound. width and height are multiplied as plain int when computing the allocation size for paletted_pixels and normalized_pixels. Any caller that asks libsixel to encode a pixel buffer with width times height greater than INT_MAX (about 2.15 billion) will hit a wrapped allocation size; under the right wrap, the malloc succeeds with a buffer much smaller than the encoder expects, and the encoder writes past the end of the heap allocation. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.8.7-r2.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- High
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
7.4
libsixel: integer overflow in encoder
libsixel is a SIXEL encoder/decoder implementation derived from kmiya's sixel. From to 1.8.7-r1, signed integer overflow in sixel_encode_highcolor's allocation size calculation can lead to a heap buffer overflow. The public sixel_encode entry point validates only that width and height are greater than zero, with no upper bound. width and height are multiplied as plain int when computing the allocation size for paletted_pixels and normalized_pixels. Any caller that asks libsixel to encode a pixel buffer with width times height greater than INT_MAX (about 2.15 billion) will hit a wrapped allocation size; under the right wrap, the malloc succeeds with a buffer much smaller than the encoder expects, and the encoder writes past the end of the heap allocation. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.8.7-r2.
- Record
CVE-2026-44636- CVSS 3.1
- 7.4 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-122, CWE-190
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2026-30409
7.4
libsixel is a SIXEL encoder/decoder implementation derived from kmiya's sixel. From to 1.8.7-r1, signed integer overflow in sixel_encode_highcolor's allocation size calculation can lead to a heap buffer overflow. The public sixel_encode entry point validates only that width and height are greater than zero, with no upper bound. width and height are multiplied as plain int when computing the allocation size for paletted_pixels and normalized_pixels. Any caller that asks libsixel to encode a pixel buffer with width times height greater than INT_MAX (about 2.15 billion) will hit a wrapped allocation size; under the right wrap, the malloc succeeds with a buffer much smaller than the encoder expects, and the encoder writes past the end of the heap allocation. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.8.7-r2.
- Record
EUVD-2026-30409- CVSS 3.1
- 7.4 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
7.4
libsixel is a SIXEL encoder/decoder implementation derived from kmiya's sixel. From to 1.8.7-r1, signed integer overflow in sixel_encode_highcolor's allocation size calculation can lead to a heap buffer overflow. The public sixel_encode entry point validates only that width and height are greater than zero, with no upper bound. width and height are multiplied as plain int when computing the allocation size for paletted_pixels and normalized_pixels. Any caller that asks libsixel to encode a pixel buffer with width times height greater than INT_MAX (about 2.15 billion) will hit a wrapped allocation size; under the right wrap, the malloc succeeds with a buffer much smaller than the encoder expects, and the encoder writes past the end of the heap allocation. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.8.7-r2.
- Record
CVE-2026-44636- CVSS 3.1
- 7.4 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-122, CWE-190
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
7.4
libsixel: integer overflow in encoder
libsixel is a SIXEL encoder/decoder implementation derived from kmiya's sixel. From to 1.8.7-r1, signed integer overflow in sixel_encode_highcolor's allocation size calculation can lead to a heap buffer overflow. The public sixel_encode entry point validates only that width and height are greater than zero, with no upper bound. width and height are multiplied as plain int when computing the allocation size for paletted_pixels and normalized_pixels. Any caller that asks libsixel to encode a pixel buffer with width times height greater than INT_MAX (about 2.15 billion) will hit a wrapped allocation size; under the right wrap, the malloc succeeds with a buffer much smaller than the encoder expects, and the encoder writes past the end of the heap allocation. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.8.7-r2.
- Record
CVE-2026-44636- CVSS 3.1
- 7.4 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-122, CWE-190
- Updated
- 2026-11-05
OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2026-44636
7.8
libsixel is a SIXEL encoder/decoder implementation derived from kmiya's sixel. From to 1.8.7-r1, signed integer overflow in sixel_encode_highcolor's allocation size calculation can lead to a heap buffer overflow. The public sixel_encode entry point validates only that width and height are greater than zero, with no upper bound. width and height are multiplied as plain int when computing the allocation size for paletted_pixels and normalized_pixels. Any caller that asks libsixel to encode a pixel buffer with width times height greater than INT_MAX (about 2.15 billion) will hit a wrapped allocation size; under the right wrap, the malloc succeeds with a buffer much smaller than the encoder expects, and the encoder writes past the end of the heap allocation. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.8.7-r2.
- Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2026-44636- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2026-44636
7.4
libsixel is a SIXEL encoder/decoder implementation derived from kmiya's sixel. From to 1.8.7-r1, signed integer overflow in sixel_encode_highcolor's allocation size calculation can lead to a heap buffer overflow. The public sixel_encode entry point validates only that width and height are greater than zero, with no upper bound. width and height are multiplied as plain int when computing the allocation size for paletted_pixels and normalized_pixels. Any caller that asks libsixel to encode a pixel buffer with width times height greater than INT_MAX (about 2.15 billion) will hit a wrapped allocation size; under the right wrap, the malloc succeeds with a buffer much smaller than the encoder expects, and the encoder writes past the end of the heap allocation. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.8.7-r2.
- Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2026-44636- CVSS 3.1
- 7.4 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2026:12420-1 No score
libsixel-bash-completion-1.10.5-3.1 on GA media
These are all security issues fixed in the libsixel-bash-completion-1.10.5-3.1 package on the GA media of openSUSE Tumbleweed.
- Record
openSUSE-SU-2026:12420-1- Updated
- 2026-11-05
Affected products
Affected packages
| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
libsixelDebian:12 |
All versions, plus listed versions 1.10.3-31.10.5-11:1.8.7-11:1.8.7-21:1.8.7-3 Show 4 moreShow less1:1.8.7-41:1.8.7-51:1.8.7-61:1.8.7-r2-1 |
None known |
libsixelDebian:13 |
All versions, plus listed versions 1.10.5-11:1.8.7-11:1.8.7-21:1.8.7-31:1.8.7-41:1.8.7-51:1.8.7-61:1.8.7-r2-1 |
None known |
libsixelDebian:14 |
before 1:1.8.7-r2-1, plus listed versions 1.10.5-11:1.8.7-11:1.8.7-21:1.8.7-31:1.8.7-41:1.8.7-51:1.8.7-6 |
1:1.8.7-r2-1 |
libsixelUbuntu:16.04:LTS |
All versions, plus listed versions 1.4.2-11.5.2-2 |
None known |
libsixelUbuntu:18.04:LTS |
All versions, plus listed versions 1.5.2-21.7.3-1 |
None known |
libsixelUbuntu:20.04:LTS |
All versions, plus listed versions 1.8.2-11.8.2-2.1 |
None known |
libsixelUbuntu:22.04:LTS |
All versions, plus listed versions 1.8.6-21.10.3-21.10.3-3 |
None known |
libsixelUbuntu:24.04:LTS |
All versions, plus listed versions 1.10.3-31.10.3-3build1 |
None known |
libsixelUbuntu:25.10 |
All versions, plus listed versions 1.10.5-1 |
None known |
libsixelUbuntu:26.10 |
All versions, plus listed versions 1.10.5-1build11:1.8.7-r2-1 |
None known |
libsixelUbuntu:26.04:LTS |
All versions, plus listed versions 1.10.5-11.10.5-1build1 |
None known |
libsixelopenSUSE:Tumbleweed From an advisory covering 4 CVEs |
before 1.10.5-3.1 | 1.10.5-3.1 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| affected | ||
| affected, aliases, facts, references | OSV | |
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2026-44636 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.4) in Saitoha Libsixel, published May 14, 2026. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.10%, the 1st percentile. Fixed in libsixel 1:1.8.7-r2-1.
References
github.com/saitoha/libsixel/security/advisories/GHSA-hx93-w8p2-ffh5
github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/44xxx/CVE-2026-44636.json
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-44636
security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-44636
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-44636
cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-44636