Denial-of-Service Vulnerability in libsixel img2sixel 1.8.6 via Crafted JPEG File

Denial-of-Service Vulnerability in libsixel img2sixel 1.8.6 via Crafted JPEG File

CVE-2022-29978 · MEDIUM Severity

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

There is a floating point exception error in sixel_encoder_do_resize, encoder.c:633 in libsixel img2sixel 1.8.6. Remote attackers could leverage this vulnerability to cause a denial-of-service via a crafted JPEG file.

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