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CVE-2026-44636

libsixel: integer overflow in encoder

7.4 HighFix available

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

0.10%Up 0.1 points since May 15, 2026
90%50%10%1%

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 HighCVSS: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 HighCVSS: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 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 3.1
7.8 HighCVSS: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 HighCVSS: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 HighCVSS: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 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 3.1
7.8 HighCVSS: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

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
libsixel
Debian: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
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1:1.8.7-41:1.8.7-51:1.8.7-61:1.8.7-r2-1
None known
libsixel
Debian: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
libsixel
Debian: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
libsixel
Ubuntu:16.04:LTS
All versions, plus listed versions
1.4.2-11.5.2-2
None known
libsixel
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS
All versions, plus listed versions
1.5.2-21.7.3-1
None known
libsixel
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS
All versions, plus listed versions
1.8.2-11.8.2-2.1
None known
libsixel
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS
All versions, plus listed versions
1.8.6-21.10.3-21.10.3-3
None known
libsixel
Ubuntu:24.04:LTS
All versions, plus listed versions
1.10.3-31.10.3-3build1
None known
libsixel
Ubuntu:25.10
All versions, plus listed versions
1.10.5-1
None known
libsixel
Ubuntu:26.10
All versions, plus listed versions
1.10.5-1build11:1.8.7-r2-1
None known
libsixel
Ubuntu:26.04:LTS
All versions, plus listed versions
1.10.5-11.10.5-1build1
None known
libsixel
openSUSE:Tumbleweed
From an advisory covering 4 CVEs
before 1.10.5-3.1
1.10.5-3.1

History

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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.

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