CVE-2026-110601
Full vulnerability record from the local CVENow database.
Description
libsixel before 1.8.7-r1 and 1.9.0 through 1.10.5 contains a heap out-of-bounds write vulnerability in gif_init_frame() in src/fromgif.c, which never checks the GIF transparent color index against the palette size. Attackers can supply a crafted GIF with a small color table and large transparent index, processed with a background color set, to write bytes past the palette buffer, causing heap corruption or crashes.
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS score
5.8
(v4.0)
Vulnerability status
Deferred
Source identifier
Published
2026-10-14 15:17:11.530000
Last modified
2026-10-20 01:17:11.203000
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