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Low · 2.5 CVE-2026-44638 EUVD-2026-30411

libsixel: NULL pointer dereference

Published May 14, 2026 · Updated May 15, 2026 · Assigned by GitHub_M

Description

libsixel is a SIXEL encoder/decoder implementation derived from kmiya's sixel. From to 1.8.7-r1, a wrong NULL check after an allocation call in sixel_decode_raw and sixel_decode causes a NULL pointer dereference whenever the allocation fails. The check tests the address of the output parameter (always non-NULL) instead of the value the malloc returned. On allocation failure, the function continues and writes through a NULL pointer, crashing the process. This is a denial of service against any caller of these public APIs that hits a low-memory condition. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.8.7-r2.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
saitoha libsixel >= 1.0.0, < 1.8.7-r2 —

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 14 libsixel 1:1.8.7-r2-1 —
Debian 13 libsixel No fix yet —
Debian 12 libsixel No fix yet —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 26.10 libsixel No fix yet —
Ubuntu 26.04 LTS libsixel No fix yet —
Ubuntu 25.10 libsixel No fix yet —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS libsixel No fix yet —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS libsixel No fix yet —
Show 3 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS libsixel No fix yet —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS libsixel No fix yet —
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS libsixel No fix yet —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
openSUSE Tumbleweed libsixel 1.10.5-3.1 openSUSE-SU-2026:12420-1

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