CVE-2022-29978

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    CVE-2022-29978

    Published: 11 May 2022Last Modified: 12 Aug 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2022/29xxx/CVE-2022-29978.json, https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-29978, https://github.com/saitoha/libsixel/issues/166

    Affected packages

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    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- 6a5be8b72d84037b83a5ea838e17bcf372ab1d5f
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    1.8.6

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
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    Physical
    Privileges Required
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    User Interaction
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    Scope
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    Confidentiality
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    Integrity
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    Availability
    None
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    High
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