{"id":"UBUNTU-CVE-2026-33020","details":"libsixel is a SIXEL encoder/decoder implementation derived from kmiya's sixel. Versions 1.8.7 and prior contain an integer overflow which leads to a heap buffer overflow via sixel_frame_convert_to_rgb888() in frame.c, where allocation size and pointer offset computations for palettised images (PAL1, PAL2, PAL4) are performed using int arithmetic before casting to size_t. For images whose pixel count exceeds INT_MAX / 4, the overflow produces an undersized heap allocation for the conversion buffer and a negative pointer offset for the normalization sub-buffer, after which sixel_helper_normalize_pixelformat() writes the full image data starting from the invalid pointer, causing massive heap corruption confirmed by ASAN. An attacker providing a specially crafted large palettised PNG can corrupt the heap of the victim process, resulting in a reliable crash and potential arbitrary code execution. This issue has been fixed in version 1.8.7-r1.","modified":"2026-05-20T16:12:44.511978684Z","published":"2026-04-14T22:16:00Z","upstream":["CVE-2026-33020"],"references":[{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-33020"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-33020"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://github.com/saitoha/libsixel/security/advisories/GHSA-2xgm-4x47-2x2p"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://github.com/saitoha/libsixel/releases/tag/v1.8.7-r1"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"libsixel","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:16.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/libsixel?arch=source&distro=xenial"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}],"versions":["1.4.2-1","1.5.2-2"],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"binary_name":"libsixel-bin","binary_version":"1.5.2-2"},{"binary_name":"libsixel1","binary_version":"1.5.2-2"}]},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2026/UBUNTU-CVE-2026-33020.json"}},{"package":{"name":"libsixel","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:18.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/libsixel?arch=source&distro=bionic"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}],"versions":["1.5.2-2","1.7.3-1"],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"binary_name":"libsixel-bin","binary_version":"1.7.3-1"},{"binary_name":"libsixel-examples","binary_version":"1.7.3-1"},{"binary_name":"libsixel1","binary_version":"1.7.3-1"}]},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2026/UBUNTU-CVE-2026-33020.json"}},{"package":{"name":"libsixel","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:20.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/libsixel?arch=source&distro=focal"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}],"versions":["1.8.2-1","1.8.2-2.1"],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"binary_name":"libsixel-bin","binary_version":"1.8.2-2.1"},{"binary_name":"libsixel-examples","binary_version":"1.8.2-2.1"},{"binary_name":"libsixel1","binary_version":"1.8.2-2.1"}]},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2026/UBUNTU-CVE-2026-33020.json"}},{"package":{"name":"libsixel","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:22.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/libsixel?arch=source&distro=jammy"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}],"versions":["1.8.6-2","1.10.3-2","1.10.3-3"],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"binary_name":"libsixel-bin","binary_version":"1.10.3-3"},{"binary_name":"libsixel-examples","binary_version":"1.10.3-3"},{"binary_name":"libsixel1","binary_version":"1.10.3-3"}]},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2026/UBUNTU-CVE-2026-33020.json"}},{"package":{"name":"libsixel","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:24.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/libsixel?arch=source&distro=noble"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}],"versions":["1.10.3-3","1.10.3-3build1"],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"binary_name":"libsixel-bin","binary_version":"1.10.3-3build1"},{"binary_name":"libsixel-examples","binary_version":"1.10.3-3build1"},{"binary_name":"libsixel1","binary_version":"1.10.3-3build1"}]},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2026/UBUNTU-CVE-2026-33020.json"}},{"package":{"name":"libsixel","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:25.10","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/libsixel?arch=source&distro=questing"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}],"versions":["1.10.5-1"],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"binary_name":"libsixel-bin","binary_version":"1.10.5-1"},{"binary_name":"libsixel-examples","binary_version":"1.10.5-1"},{"binary_name":"libsixel1","binary_version":"1.10.5-1"}]},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2026/UBUNTU-CVE-2026-33020.json"}},{"package":{"name":"libsixel","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:26.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/libsixel?arch=source&distro=resolute"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}],"versions":["1.10.5-1","1.10.5-1build1"],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"binary_name":"libsixel-bin","binary_version":"1.10.5-1build1"},{"binary_name":"libsixel-examples","binary_version":"1.10.5-1build1"},{"binary_name":"libsixel1","binary_version":"1.10.5-1build1"}]},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2026/UBUNTU-CVE-2026-33020.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H"},{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"medium"}]}