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CVE-2026-33018: saitoha libsixel · Use After Free

Affects saitoha libsixelSource CVE Database V5

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Not known to be exploited · CVSS 7.0 High : upgrade to 1.8.7-rc1 soon.

Data as of 30 Oct 2026, 11:52 UTC

CVSS 3.1 base score
7.0High
How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.
EPSS
0.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 8% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
Patch
Available – fixed in 1.8.7-rc1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 14 Apr 2026

  2. Detectable: no evidence on record.

    No public nuclei template indexed

  3. Weaponized: no evidence on record.

    No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB

  4. Exploited in the wild: no evidence on record.

    Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation

  5. Observed by OffSeq Mirage: no evidence on record.

    No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors

A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 30 Oct 2026.

What to do

Upgrade saitoha libsixel to 1.8.7-rc1.

Affected software

ProductAffectedFixed in
saitohalibsixelAffected
  • <1.8.7-rc1
Fixed in
  • 1.8.7-rc1
GitHubsaitoha/libsixelpkg:github/saitoha/libsixelOther threatsAffected
  • =1.8.7-rc1
Fixed in–

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AI-suggested

A fix is available in libsixel version 1.8.7-r1. Users and developers should upgrade to this version or later to remediate the vulnerability. Since this is not a cloud service, remediation depends on applying the updated library version. Patch status is not explicitly stated beyond the fixed version; users should verify vendor advisories for the latest guidance.

Description

libsixel is a SIXEL encoder/decoder implementation derived from kmiya's sixel. Versions 1.8.7 and prior contain a Use-After-Free vulnerability via the load_gif() function in fromgif.c, where a single sixel_frame_t object is reused across all frames of an animated GIF and gif_init_frame() unconditionally frees and reallocates frame->pixels between frames without consulting the object's reference count. Because the public API explicitly provides sixel_frame_ref() to retain a frame and sixel_frame_get_pixels() to access the raw pixel buffer, a callback following this documented usage pattern will hold a dangling pointer after the second frame is decoded, resulting in a heap use-after-free confirmed by ASAN. Any application using sixel_helper_load_image_file() with a multi-frame callback to process user-supplied animated GIFs is affected, with a reliable crash as the minimum impact and potential for code execution. This issue has been fixed in version 1.8.7-r1.

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