CVE-2020-11721

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Summary

CVECVE-2020-11721
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2020-04-12 19:15:00 UTC
Updated2020-04-13 14:48:00 UTC
Descriptionload_png in loader.c in libsixel.a in libsixel 1.8.6 has an uninitialized pointer leading to an invalid call to free, which can cause a denial of service.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-824

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Libsixel Project Libsixel 1.8.6 All All All
Application Libsixel Project Libsixel 1.8.6 All All All

References

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Invalid free wild pointer lead to DOS in load_png in loader.c · Issue #134 · saitoha/libsixel · GitHub MISC github.com Exploit, Third Party Advisory
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